The Mrs. Browning of popular imagination was a sweet, innocent young woman who suffered endless cruelties at the hands of a tyrannical papa but who nonetheless had the good fortune to fall in love with a dashing and handsome poet named Robert Browning. She finally escaped the dungeon of Wimpole Street, eloped to Italy, and lived happily ever after.”[9] This was according to Wikipedia.com.
Still according to Wikipedia, there are insinuations that Ms. Barrett also developed an addiction to opium and morphine. Ms. Barrett allegedly developed the addiction to cope with the pain of her previous back injury. This rendered Ms. Barrett to be a recluse and an invalid.
Monday, October 5, 2009
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