... by different members, but her favorite was her brother, Edward. He drowned later that year while sailing at Torquay and Elizabeth returned home emotionally broken, becoming an invalid and a recluse. Her uncle passed away that same year. She then wrote "De Profundis- expressing her grief. After ... Barrett received a telegram from the poet Robert Browning. The telegram read "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett. I do, as I say, love these books with all my heart - and I love you too." The two met several months later and fell in love. Elizabeth and Robert ... for the n...

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... given a final answer to his proposal. An answer of no. After a lot of thought she said that she couldn't have work of her own if she chooses to follow her heart into a society marriage. She concluded that marriage would destroy her chance of "serving God's call." In 1849, she accompanies the Bracebridge's on another trip. This time, down the Nile river ... nurses think that every thing will be alright but they walked into sheer horror. Doctors" resistance had been broken down. Florence was, from then on, known as a heroine. To the soldiers and hometown people. She also became the subjec...

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