| Writing
poetry as a child, Elizabeth published a book, Poems,
in 1844. The work impressed Browning, a poet himself,
and he began a correspondence. The two later met and
fell in love. Opposition from Elizabeth's father
forced them to elope in 1846. They later fled to Italy,
where they lived and worked for 15 years. Much of their
work was inspired by their own long romance, including
Elizabeth's Sonnets from the Portuguese. After
Elizabeth's death in 1861, Browning returned to England,
where he continued to write until his own death in 1889. |
