An extraordinarily prolific and powerful writer, Elizabeth Barrett Browning is celebrated for books such as Sonnets from the Portuguese and Aurora Leigh. She grew up in a large and distinguished family library, a fact which likely heavily influenced her work. Her most famous works from her later years blend tragedy, comedy, political protest, and romantic love. Despite having published books yearly since 1838, the period after The Serpent of Stars in 1862 saw a decline in publication for Browning due to gradually weakening health leading to her death in 1861 at the age of 55. Fortunately, she left behind an impressive legacy of books that will forever live on through readers old and young alike.
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