Rebellion of a Dutiful Daughter

Born in 1806, Elizabeth Barrett Browning may be best known today for love sonnets such as ''How Do I Love Thee? Let me Count the Ways'' and her romance with Robert Browning. But in her lifetime she was one of Britain''s most revered poets – for her poems on social injustice, not love – and was far more celebrated than her husband. Her circle included John Ruskin and Georges Sand, while Emily Dicki...