She maintained her own household there from the proceeds of her inheritance. Her closest sibling, Bro, stayed there with her.
Forster, Margaret. Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography. Grafton.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Edward
or Bro, Elizabeth Barrett
's closest brother, drowned in a sailing accident off Torquay.
Forster, Margaret. Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography. Grafton.
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Browning, Robert, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The Brownings’ Correspondence. Editors Kelley, Philip et al., Wedgestone Press.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth's brother Edward Moulton Barrett
, known in the family by the nickname of Bro, was born fifteen months after her, and these two eldest siblings were very close. EBB
was attached to all...