How Do I Love Thee?: A Novel of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Poetic Romance A shipwreck, an attic sanctum, an oppressive father, love letters, clandestine meetings, a secret marriage, an escape to Italy, the birth of a child, and happily ever after.. So plays out the od
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| Title | : | How Do I Love Thee?: A Novel of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Poetic Romance |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (138 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1618432885 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2012-10-24 |
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A shipwreck, an attic sanctum, an oppressive father, love letters, clandestine meetings, a secret marriage, an escape to Italy, the birth of a child, and happily ever after. So plays out the odd but mesmerizing life of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. . Christy Award winning author Nancy Moser has crafted a romantic, emotion-charged novel based on the true story of beloved poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. As a bonus, the novel includes the entire Sonnets from the Portuguese—Elizabeth’s love sonnets to Robert Browning.
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly The newest historical romance from Christy-winner Moser (Time Lottery) is an imaginative biography of the 19th-century Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett on her way to becoming the wife of fellow poet Robert Browning and the author of the sublimely romantic sonnets from the Portuguese, of which the titular poem is best known. After her brother died in a sailing accident, the grief-stricken, sickly Barrett became a recluse who was spirited from her attic hideaway by Browning; the two wed and fled to Italy, and Elizabeth's control freak of a father disinherited her. The outlines of her life make a great story, but Moser is really challenged to make dramatic hay out of Elizabeth's recluse period. As a guilt-stricken Victorian invalid, Elizabeth leads a highly interior life, so the reader awaiting a grand love story needs patience. The name of her future husband doesn't enter the action until more than a third of the way into the book. Moser has done wonderful h
It has very good translation, and easy to follow. 4.5 ~ 5 STARS
What a good time I had reading this story! Even with the couple taking the WHOLE darn book to get together and the fade to black sex scene that I was highly anticipating (hint, hint want a bit more on the couple). Here also is Maggie Nelson and a box that holds a tiny library of her poems. Topics are duplicated several times over and you can find a particular deduction, including its history and all the parts that have changed, have been repealed, or sunset, at least 3 times over throughout the book.
Besides 1 suggestion, claimed as "Oh, this will get me in trouble.", it's all pretty plain and not much more informative than filling out your taxes with TurboTax online. It lays out the argument about IMD being the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder very well. I wish I had passed on this one.. R. Paul was the famous one; Betty was the help-meet, who raised the kids and made life outside the classroom "eas
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