1885 The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Complete in 4 volumes. Published in New York by Thomas R. Knox & Co. This is another stunning little set to have by Browning… They have gorgeous calf leather spines, with gold gilt detailing… and marbled board fronts. They also have the most amazing marbled pages! I love the greens and pink! Overall, these are in excellent condition for their age. This is a set I would normally keep.
**Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death. Her work received renewed attention following the feminist scholarship of the 1970s and 1980s, and greater recognition of women writers in English. Her first adult collection of poems was published in 1838, and she wrote prolifically from 1841 to 1844, producing poetry, translation, and prose. She campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and her work helped influence reform in child labour legislation. Her prolific output made her a rival to Tennyson as a candidate for poet laureate on the death of Wordsworth. Elizabeth’s volume Poems(1844) brought her great success, attracting the admiration of the writer Robert Browning. Their correspondence, courtship, and marriage were carried out in secret, for fear of her father’s disapproval. Following the wedding, she was indeed disinherited by her father. In 1846, the couple moved to Italy, where she lived for the rest of her life.
