SYMHC Classics: Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning in Love

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🗓️ 12 September 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this 2015 episode, prior hosts Sarah and Deblina covered a poet's romance. Robert Browning's early work wasn't as well-received as Elizabeth Barrett's poetry. Yet Barrett mentioned his work in one of her poems, and they started a correspondence that blossomed into love. However, Elizabeth's father remained an obstacle.

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0:33.1	Hey, happy Saturday, everybody.
0:34.8	Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning
0:36.7	aloped on this day in 1846.
0:39.1	So we thought it would be a good time to pull that episode out of the archive.
0:43.1	Couple of notes.
0:43.9	If we were recording this episode today,
0:46.0	we'd probably adjust a little bit of the language
0:48.9	both around Elizabeth's chronic illness and disability.
0:52.3	And the theory that her father may have been descended
0:54.7	from a plantation owner in Jamaica and an enslaved woman.
0:58.2	This episode originally came out on February 15, 2012,
1:02.0	and was at the time of Valentine's themed episode.
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