Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her son "Pen" Browning
In 1845 she met her future husband, Robert Browning, who had written to her after the publication of her volume of Poems . Their courtship and marriage, owing to her delicate health and the extraordinary objections made by Mr. Barrett to the marriage of any of his children, were carried out secretly. After a private marriage, she accompanied her husband to the Italian Peninsula, which became her home almost continuously until her death. The union proved a happy one. In her new circumstances Elizabeth's strength greatly increased. At the age of 43, she gave birth to a son, Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning, called "Pen."















