Barrett, one of the best known poets of the Victorian era...was in her late 30's when Browning first wrote her in 1845 to tell her he admired her work. In their fifth month of correspondence, they met for the first time. After more than a year of almost daily letters between them, the couple wed in secret in September 1846, after defying her father's prohibition against her ever marrying...Her father disinherited her and never spoke to her again. -AP
Barrett's most famous line - "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
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