ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) completed this controversial nine-book novel in blank verse form in 1856. It was epic in scope, reflecting a range of contemporary social issues, such as the limited education available to women at the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) completed this controversial nine-book novel in blank verse form in 1856.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aurora Leigh (1856) is an epic poem/novel by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poem is written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman’s number, the number of the Sibylline Books).

Detailed explanation-4: -Aurora Leigh, novel in blank verse by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, published in 1857. The first-person narrative, which comprises some 11, 000 lines, tells of the heroine’s childhood and youth in Italy and England, her self-education in her father’s hidden library, and her successful pursuit of a literary career.

Detailed explanation-5: -"How Do I Love Thee?” (Sonnet 43) is probably Barrett Browning’s most famous poem today.