{"product_id":"elizabeth-barrett-browning-the-great-poets-9781399614085b","title":"Elizabeth Barrett Browning (The Great Poets)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Barrett Browning was a poet of passion, wit and conscience. She was also a woman who wrote to speak the truth about everything she knew - and she knew just what it was like to be a thinking woman in a society that wanted women to be weak. The eldest of twelve children, she wrote poetry from the age of eleven, and became a highly successful poet in her lifetime - and remains very much loved today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe was also a strong advocate for human rights, campaigning to abolish slavery and child labour, and her three-part poem \u003ci\u003eA Curse for a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful polemic against the slave trade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'I heard an angel speak last night, and he said \"write! Write a nation's curse for me, and send it over the western sea\" '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42820359684176,"sku":"9781399614085B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781399614085-l.jpg?v=1785879450","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/elizabeth-barrett-browning-the-great-poets-9781399614085b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}