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Podcast: Today In History with The Retrospectors
Episode: Barrett â¤ď¸ Browning
Description: The secret wedding of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning on September 12th, 1846, was witnessed by just two people. Elizabeth was so nervous about the ceremony, held at Marylebone Parish Church, that she needed smelling salts to calm her. Barrett was already an acclaimed poet, while Browning was relatively unknown at the time. But their correspondence, comprising almost 600 letters exchanged over less than two years, is considered one of literatureâs great romances. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how the Browningsâ marriage inspired their greatest works; probe into Browningâs pet name...