Elizabeth Browning's Life and Achievements

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“No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship good books” a quote from Elizabeth Browning. Elizabeth Browning had a good early life. Elizabeth did not have a lot of education; she was home school. After the death of Elizabeth mother she moved with her father. Among all women in the nineteenth century none was held higher in critical system. Elizabeth expressed her sympathy for the struggle for the unification of Italy. She was an extraordinary woman who fiercely opposed the slavery where her family’s fortune was founded. Elizabeth wrote many poems during her life time and most of the poems were about love. Elizabeth was one of a kind who wrote about the struggle she did not go through. Scott Kilert IAN “Biograph of Elizabeth Barret Browning”. Elizabeth Browning was born in 1806 at Coxhoe Hall Durham England. Elizabeth was the oldest of twelve children and was the first out of her family to be born in England over two hundred years. For years Elizabeth and her family lived in Jamaica where they owned a sugar plantation and ruled on slave labor. Elizabeth father Edward chose to raise his family in England while his fortune grew in Jamaica. Elizabeth Browning father owned a plantation in Jamaica. Elizabeth and the rest of her sibling stayed in England where they was raised while her father fortune grew in Jamaica. Browning Elizabeth.” Life in Her Parent’s House.After the death of Elizabeth mother she continued to stay with her father in Jamaica. Elizabeth father began to send Elizabeth younger siblings to Jamaica to help with their family estate. Elizabeth did not like slavery and she did not want her family to be sent away. Elizabeth father owned a plantation and her younger siblings went out to help him with... ... middle of paper ... ... and in factories. Elizabeth gives evidence for her passionate concern for her human rights. Scott Kilert IAN “Biograph of Elizabeth Barret Browning”. British Writers New York. Published :by scribers 1981 Work Cited Browning Elizabeth.” Life in Her Parent’s House” Ed. Arthur M. Applebee. Evonston, Illinois A. Houghton Mifflin Company 2006.P.867 Browning Elizabeth “Married in Life” Ed. Arthur M. Applebee. Evanston, Illinois A. Houghton Mifflin company 2006 P.8667 Patricia Thomas. George Scandland Victorians. “Her influence and Reputation in nineteenth century England” ( New York: Columbia University Press,1977) Scott Kilert IAN “Biograph of Elizabeth Barret Browning”. British Writers New York. Published: by scribers 1981 Victorian Web.org.”The Life of Elizabeth” Barret Browning. http;//The Life of Elizabeth Barret Browning /biograpghy.

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