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The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Part 1

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861) and Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)

Part 1 of the extensive collection of all the letters which passed between Robert Browning (1812-1889) and Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett (1806-1861) in the years 1845 and 1846, which marked the beginning of their acquaintance and formation of their romantic relationship. The nearly daily exchange of letters during this period gives a minute insight into the private and public life of these two authors, as well as into their work and how they influenced each other in their writings.
Part 1: January to December 1845. - Summary by Sonia

Genre(s): Letters

Language: English

Keyword(s): romance (1045), love (323), Friendship (78), correspondence (15), literary (9)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	R.B. to E.B.B. New Cross, Hatcham, Surrey [Post-mark, January 10, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:04:11
Play 02	E.B.B. to R.B. 50 Wimpole Street: Jan. 11, 1845	Sonia	00:04:36
Play 03	R.B. to E.B.B. New Cross, Hatcham, Surrey. Jan. 13, 1845	Greg Giordano	00:05:50
Play 04	E.B.B. to R.B. 50 Wimpole Street: Jan. 15, 1845	Sonia	00:05:57
Play 05	R.B. to E.B.B. New Cross, Hatcham, Monday night. [Post-mark, January 28, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:05:20
Play 06	E.B.B. to R.B. 50 Wimpole Street: Feb. 3, 1845	Sonia	00:09:51
Play 07	R.B. to E.B.B. Hatcham, Tuesday. [Post-mark, February 11, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:12:30
Play 08	E.B.B. to R.B. 50 Wimpole Street: February 17, 1845	Sonia	00:13:06
Play 09	R.B. to E.B.B. Wednesday morning - Spring! [Post-mark, February 26, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:09:38
Play 10	E.B.B. to R.B. 50 Wimpole Street: Feb. 27, 1845	Sonia	00:08:37
Play 11	R.B. to E.B.B. Saturday Night, March 1 [1845]	Greg Giordano	00:04:30
Play 12	E.B.B. to R.B. March 5, 1845	Sonia	00:05:39
Play 13	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Morning. [Post-mark, March 12, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:11:20
Play 14	E.B.B. to R.B. 50 Wimpole Street: March 20, 1845	Sonia	00:09:48
Play 15	R.B. to E.B.B. Monday Morning. [Post-mark, March 31, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:03:40
Play 16	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Night. [Post-mark, April 16, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:04:40
Play 17	E.B.B. to R.B. Tuesday Morning. [Post-mark, April 18, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:28
Play 18	R.B. to E.B.B. Wednesday Morning. [Post-mark, April 30, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:05:17
Play 19	E.B.B. to R.B. Thursday. [Post-mark, May 2, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:39
Play 20	R.B. to E.B.B. Saturday Morning. [Post-mark, May 3, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:11:53
Play 21	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday - and Tuesday. [Post-mark, May 6, 1845]	Sonia	00:08:05
Play 22	E.B.B. to R.B. Sunday - in the last hour of it. [Post-mark, May 12, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:20
Play 23	R.B. to E.B.B. Monday. [Post-mark, May 12, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:39
Play 24	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday. [Post-mark, May 13, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:04:44
Play 25	E.B.B. to R.B. Thursday. [Post-mark, May 16, 1845]	Sonia	00:06:59
Play 26	R.B. to E.B.B. Friday Night. [Post-mark, May 17, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:03:39
Play 27	E.B.B. to R.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, May 17, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:07
Play 28	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Evening. [Post-mark, May 21, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:46
Play 29	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday Morning. [Post-mark, May 22, 1845]	Sonia	00:02:42
Play 30	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday Evening. [Post-mark, May 24, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:37
Play 31	R.B. to E.B.B. Saturday Morning. [Post-mark, May 24, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:11:46
Play 32	E.B.B. to R.B. Sunday. [May 25, 1845]	Sonia	00:06:56
Play 33	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, May 26, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:06
Play 34	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday Morning. [Post-mark, May 27, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:16
Play 35	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, May 28, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:42
Play 36	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday Morning. [Post-mark, May 30, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:40
Play 37	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday Morning. [Post-mark, June 7, 1845]	Sonia	00:10:22
Play 38	R.B. to E.B.B. Saturday Morning. [Post-mark, June 7, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:26
Play 39	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, June 9, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:05:01
Play 40	E.B.B. to R.B. Tuesday Morning. [Post-mark, June 10, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:08
Play 41	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday. [Post-mark, June 14, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:02
Play 42	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, June 14, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:04:00
Play 43	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday. [Post-mark, June 17, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:41
Play 44	R.B. to E.B.B. Thursday Morning. [Post-mark, June 19, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:46
Play 45	E.B.B. to R.B. Thursday Evening. [Post-mark, June 20, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:34
Play 46	R.B. to E.B.B. Sunday Afternoon. [Post-mark, June 23, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:52
Play 47	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday. [Post-mark, June 24, 1845]	Sonia	00:06:01
Play 48	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Morning. [Post-mark, June 24, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:03
Play 49	E.B.B. to R.B. Tuesday Evening. [Post-mark, June 25, 1845]	Sonia	00:02:37
Play 50	R.B. to E.B.B. 12. Wednesday. [Post-mark, June 25, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:01
Play 51	E.B.B. to R.B. Thursday Evening. [Post-mark, June 27, 1845]	Sonia	00:00:55
Play 52	R.B. to E.B.B. Friday Morning. [Post-mark, June 27, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:44
Play 53	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday Evening. [Post-mark, June 28, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:19
Play 54	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday. [June 30, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:20
Play 55	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Morning	Greg Giordano	00:04:43
Play 56	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday - Thursday Evening. [Post-mark, July 4, 1845]	Sonia	00:08:26
Play 57	R.B. to E.B.B. Monday Afternoon. [Post-mark, July 7, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:03:17
Play 58	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday. [Post-mark, July 8, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:16
Play 59	R.B. to E.B.B. Wednesday Morning. [Post-mark, July 9, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:03:17
Play 60	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, July 12, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:32
Play 61	R.B. to E.B.B. Sunday Morning. [Post-mark, July 14, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:08:47
Play 62	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, July 18, 1845]	Sonia	00:10:33
Play 63	R.B. to E.B.B. [no date]	Greg Giordano	00:04:52
Play 64	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday. [Post-mark, July 21, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:31
Play 65	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Morning. [Post-mark, July 22, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:15
Play 66	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, July 25, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:18
Play 67	R.B. to E.B.B. Friday Morning. [Post-mark, July 25, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:05:49
Play 68	E.B.B. to R.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, July 28, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:51
Play 69	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, July 28, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:07
Play 70	R.B. to E.B.B. Thursday [Post-mark, July 31, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:33
Play 71	E.B.B. to R.B. Thursday. [Post-mark, August 2, 1845]	Sonia	00:06:38
Play 72	R.B. to E.B.B. Sunday Evening. [Post-mark, August 4, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:07:58
Play 73	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, August 8, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:28
Play 74	R.B. to E.B.B. Friday Afternoon. [Post-mark, August 8, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:39
Play 75	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday [Post-mark, August 8, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:59
Play 76	R.B. to E.B.B. Sunday Afternoon. [Post-mark, August 11, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:07:19
Play 77	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, August 11, 1845]	Sonia	00:05:51
Play 78	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Evening. [Post-mark, August 13, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:04
Play 79	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, August 13, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:13
Play 80	R.B. to E.B.B. Friday Morning. [Post-mark, August 15, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:07:29
Play 81	E.B.B. to R.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, August 16, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:27
Play 82	E.B.B. to R.B. Sunday. [Post-mark, August 18, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:15
Play 83	R.B. to E.B.B. Monday, 7 p.m. [Post-mark, August 19, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:07
Play 84	E.B.B. to R.B. Tuesday. [Post-mark, August 20, 1845]	Sonia	00:05:22
Play 85	R.B. to E.B.B. Wednesday Morning. [Post-mark, August 20, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:04
Play 86	R.B. to E.B.B. Thursday, 7 o'clock. [Post-mark, August 21, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:05:34
Play 87	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday. [Post-mark, August 25, 1845]	Sonia	00:13:44
Play 88	R.B. to E.B.B. Wednesday Morning. [Post-mark, August 27, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:46
Play 89	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday Morning. [Post-mark, August 27, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:07
Play 90	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday Evening. [Post-mark, August 30, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:49
Play 91	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, August 30, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:10
Play 92	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, August 30, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:04:16
Play 93	E.B.B. to R.B. Sunday. [Post-mark, August 31, 1845]	Sonia	00:07:21
Play 94	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Evening. [Post-mark, September 3, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:26
Play 95	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Night. [Post-mark, September 3, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:04
Play 96	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, September 4, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:31
Play 97	R.B. to E.B.B. Friday Afternoon. [Post-mark, September 5, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:54
Play 98	E.B.B. to R.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, September 8, 1845]	Sonia	00:02:19
Play 99	E.B.B. to R.B. Tuesday. [Post-mark, September 9, 1845]	Sonia	00:08:37
Play 100	R.B. to E.B.B. Thursday Morning. [Post-mark, September 11, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:05:44
Play 101	E.B.B. to R.B. Thursday. [Post-mark, September 11, 1845]	Sonia	00:00:50
Play 102	R.B. to E.B.B. Saturday Morning. [Post-mark, September 13, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:10:21
Play 103	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, September 16, 1845]	Sonia	00:07:03
Play 104	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, September 17, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:13:27
Play 105	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday Morning. [Post-mark, September 17, 1845]	Sonia	00:02:38
Play 106	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday Evening. [Post-mark, September 18, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:34
Play 107	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, September 18, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:31
Play 108	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday. [Post-mark, September 18, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:46
Play 109	R.B. to E.B.B. Thursday Morning. [Post-mark, September 18, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:03:52
Play 110	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday Morning. [Post-mark, September 19, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:25
Play 111	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, September 24, 1845]	Sonia	00:02:54
Play 112	R.B. to E.B.B. Wednesday Evening. [Post-mark, September 25, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:03:47
Play 113	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, September 25, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:55
Play 114	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, September 25, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:08:34
Play 115	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday Evening. [Post-mark, September 27, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:39
Play 116	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, September 27, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:29
Play 117	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, September 29, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:57
Play 118	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday. [Post-mark, October 1, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:33
Play 119	R.B. to E.B.B. Thursday. [Post-mark, October 2, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:04:00
Play 120	E.B.B. to R.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, October 6, 1845]	Sonia	00:02:57
Play 121	R.B. to E.B.B. Monday Morning. [Post-mark, October 6, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:32
Play 122	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, October 7, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:42
Play 123	R.B. to E.B.B. 12 - Wednesday. [Post-mark, October 8, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:01:42
Play 124	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday Evening. [Post-mark, October 8, 1845]	Sonia	00:02:52
Play 125	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, October 11, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:12
Play 126	R.B. to E.B.B. Sunday. [Post-mark, October 13, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:07:50
Play 127	E.B.B. to R.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, October 14, 1845]	Sonia	00:08:40
Play 128	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Morning. [Post-mark, October 14, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:05
Play 129	E.B.B. to R.B. Tuesday. [Post-mark, October 15, 1845]	Sonia	00:02:11
Play 130	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, October 15, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:03:38
Play 131	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday. [Post-mark, October 16, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:19
Play 132	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday. [Post-mark, October 17, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:15
Play 133	R.B. to E.B.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, October 18, 1845]	Greg Giordano	00:02:38
Play 134	R.B. to E.B.B. Monday Morning. [In the same envelope with the preceding letter]	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:01
Play 135	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, October 22, 1845]	Sonia	00:05:44
Play 136	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, October 23, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:04:59
Play 137	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, October 24, 1845]	Sonia	00:01:36
Play 138	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, October 25, 1845]	Sonia	00:06:45
Play 139	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, October 27, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:03:43
Play 140	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday 9 a.m. [In the same envelope with the preceding letter]	Beeswaxcandle	00:00:46
Play 141	E.B.B. to R.B.	Sonia	00:02:25
Play 142	R.B. to E.B.B. Wednesday Night. [Post-mark, October 30, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:02:55
Play 143	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, November 1, 1845]	Sonia	00:05:07
Play 144	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday. [Post-mark, November 4, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:37
Play 145	E.B.B. to R.B. Wednesday. [Post-mark, November 6, 1845]	Sonia	00:02:49
Play 146	R.B. to E.B.B.	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:33
Play 147	E.B.B. to R.B. Thursday Evening. [Post-mark, November 7, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:27
Play 148	R.B. to E.B.B. Sunday Evening. [Post-mark, November 10, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:04:42
Play 149	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday. [Post-mark, November 11, 1845]	Sonia	00:05:33
Play 150	E.B.B. to R.B. Two letters in one - Wednesday. [Post-mark, November 15, 1845]	Sonia	00:10:02
Play 151	R.B. to E.B.B. Sunday Morning. [Post-mark, November 17, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:09:50
Play 152	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday. [Post-mark, November 18, 1845]	Sonia	00:06:27
Play 153	R.B. to E.B.B. Thursday Morning	Beeswaxcandle	00:02:33
Play 154	E.B.B. to R.B. Thursday. [Post-mark, November 21, 1845]	Sonia	00:09:09
Play 155	R.B. to E.B.B. Friday Night. [Post-mark, November 22, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:05:20
Play 156	E.B.B. to R.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, November 22, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:47
Play 157	R.B. to E.B.B. Sunday Night. [Post-mark, November 24, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:05:39
Play 158	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday. [Post-mark, November 24, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:59
Play 159	R.B. to E.B.B. Thursday Morning. [Post-mark, November 27, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:50
Play 160	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday. [Post-mark, November 27, 1845]	Sonia	00:06:52
Play 161	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, November 28, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:03:45
Play 162	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday. [Post-mark, December 1, 1845]	Sonia	00:06:10
Play 163	E.B.B. to R.B. Saturday Evening	Sonia	00:02:46
Play 164	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday. [Post-mark, December 2, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:32
Play 165	R.B. to E.B.B. [Post-mark, December 3, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:03:32
Play 166	E.B.B. to R.B. Tuesday Evening. [Post-mark, December 4, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:37
Play 167	E.B.B. to R.B. [Post-mark, December 4, 1845]	Sonia	00:06:48
Play 168	R.B. to E.B.B. Sunday Night. [Post-mark, December 8, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:04:23
Play 169	E.B.B. to R.B. Sunday. [Post-mark, December 8, 1845]	Sonia	00:08:09
Play 170	R.B. to E.B.B. Tuesday Morning. [Post-mark, December 9, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:06:32
Play 171	E.B.B. to R.B. Tuesday Evening. [Post-mark, December 10, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:42
Play 172	R.B. to E.B.B. Friday. [Post-mark, December 12, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:02:37
Play 173	E.B.B. to R.B. Friday. [Post-mark, December 13, 1845]	Sonia	00:07:45
Play 174	R.B. to E.B.B. Monday Morning. [Post-mark, December 15, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:02:13
Play 175	E.B.B. to R.B. Monday. [Post-mark, December 16, 1845]	Sonia	00:03:47
Play 176	E.B.B. to R.B. Tuesday evening. [Post-mark, December 17, 1845]	Sonia	00:00:56
Play 177	R.B. to E.B.B. Friday Morning. [Post-mark, December 19, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:06:26
Play 178	E.B.B. to R.B. Thursday Evening. [Post-mark, December 20, 1845]	Sonia	00:08:50
Play 179	R.B. to E.B.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, December 20, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:02:28
Play 180	E.B.B. to R.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, December 20, 1845]	Sonia	00:05:17
Play 181	R.B. to E.B.B. Sunday Night. [Post-mark, December 22, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:09:48
Play 182	E.B.B. to R.B. Sunday Night. [Post-mark, December 24, 1845]	Sonia	00:12:38
Play 183	R.B. to E.B.B. 25th Dec. [1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:04:57
Play 184	R.B. to E.B.B. Saturday, 4 p.m. [Post-mark, December 27, 1845]	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:38
Play 185	E.B.B. to R.B. Saturday. [Post-mark, December 27, 1845]	Sonia	00:04:17
Play 186	E.B.B. to R.B. Tuesday. [Post-mark, December 30, 1845]	Sonia	00:07:23
Play 187	R.B. to E.B.B. Wednesday, December 31, 1845	Beeswaxcandle	00:06:13

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