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Article updated: 2/14/2012 2:39 PM

Love letters of Barrett, Browning go online

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A handwritten original manuscript by Elizabeth Barrett Browning of the epic poem “Aurora Leigh,” is held by Mariana Oller, Wellesley College associate curator of special collections at the Margaret Clapp Library, on the campus of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass. Beginning Valentine's Day Feb. 14, 2012 the famous love letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning will be available on line as part of a digitization collaboration between Wellesley and Baylor University in Texas.

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A 19th century painting of poet Robert Browning is on display at the Margaret Clapp Library on the campus of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass. Beginning Valentine’s Day Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, the famous love letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning will be available on line as part of a digitization collaboration between Wellesley and Baylor University in Texas.

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An 1880 sculpture of Elizabeth Barrett Browning by artist William Story, is on display at the Margaret Clapp Library on the campus of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass. Beginning Valentine’s Day Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 the famous love letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning will be available online as part of a digitization collaboration between Wellesley and Baylor University in Texas.

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This Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 photo shows a detail of the first love letter sent by poet Robert Browning to poet Elizabeth Barrett in January of 1845, on display at the Margaret Clapp Library on the campus of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass. The letter begins: “I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett.” Beginning Valentine’s Day Feb. 14, 2012 the famous love letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning will be available online as part of a digitization collaboration between Wellesley and Baylor University in Texas.

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“I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett ...” So begins the first love letter to 19th century poet Elizabeth Barrett from her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning. Their 573 love letters, which capture their courtship, their blossoming love and their forbidden marriage, will become available online today.