How Do I Love Thee?

‘How do I love thee, let me count the ways.’Most people recognise the line. Few know the woman behind it.Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most influential poets of the 19th century — the first woman to be nominated for Poet Laureate, an inspiration to generations of writers, and a woman who fought fiercely to be heard in a world determined to silence her. Up against a controlling father, a debilitating illness and a literary world dominated by men, she refused to be defined by anything other than her own words.How Do I Love Thee? traces her journey from London to Italy — the journey that changed the course of her life — and asks what becomes possible when a woman finds the freedom to write, to love, and to be herself. We hope to bridge the gap between her poetry and her story to continue to inspire generations.