Love Songs
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning shared one of the great literary and romantic marriages of the 19th century, eloping to Italy to escape the objections of her family. Although they both wrote poetry throughout their married life, this collection was selected and edited after the death of both writers and there is no evidence that they themselves ever intended these poems to be a single collection. - Summary by Alan Mapstone (1 hr 45 min)
Chapters
| Song from Dramatic Lyrics | 1:34 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| In a Year | 3:41 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Magical Nature | 1:11 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Life in a Love | 1:16 | Read by dc |
| Meeting at Night | 1:06 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Women and Roses | 2:47 | Read by dc |
| A Woman's Last Word | 1:25 | Read by dc |
| Selection from The Two Poets of Croisic | 0:52 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Love Among the Ruins | 3:39 | Read by dc |
| Any Wife to Any Husband | 8:03 | Read by dc |
| The Lost Mistress | 1:39 | Read by nighthawks |
| One Way to Love | 1:18 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| A Pretty Woman | 4:34 | Read by nighthawks |
| Parting at Morning | 0:32 | Read by Owlivia |
| In Three Days | 2:11 | Read by Tim Rowe |
| In a Gondola | 2:01 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Misconceptions | 0:47 | Read by Jamie Nommensen |
| Poetics | 1:26 | Read by nighthawks |
| Summum Bonum | 1:13 | Read by nighthawks |
| A Man's Requirements | 1:58 | Read by Tim Rowe |
| Question and Answer | 1:19 | Read by nighthawks |
| Selection from La Saisiaz | 1:02 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| James Lee's Wife - Along the Beach | 2:16 | Read by nighthawks |
| Selection from Ferishtah's Fancies | 0:49 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Selection from Ferishtah's Fancies | 1:47 | Read by nighthawks |
| James Lee's Wife Speaks from the Window | 0:56 | Read by Lee Vogler |
| Garden Fancies - The Flower's Name | 4:15 | Read by nighthawks |
| A Face | 1:57 | Read by Asher Veyn |
| Eurydice to Orpheus - A Picture by Leighton | 1:07 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Change upon Change | 1:18 | Read by Mythili |
| The Best Thing in the World | 0:58 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Life and Love | 1:11 | Read by ShrimpPhish |
| My Heart and I | 3:02 | Read by Owlivia |
| A False Step | 2:00 | Read by nighthawks |
| My Kate | 2:52 | Read by Cajucom |
| The Romance of the Swan's Nest | 6:17 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Prologue from Pacchiarotto | 2:22 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Love | 1:15 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Proof and Disproof | 2:57 | Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison |
| Loved Once | 4:12 | Read by Saint Frank |
| The Lady's "Yes" | 2:21 | Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison |
| That Day | 1:35 | Read by KevinS |
| Noon | 1:14 | Read by KevinS |
| Amy's Cruelty | 2:17 | Read by KevinS |
| A Denial | 4:38 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| A Woman's Shortcomings | 2:56 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Inclusions | 1:10 | Read by Saint Frank |
| May's Love | 0:53 | Read by Jennie Duke |
| Insufficiency | 1:28 | Read by Alan Mapstone |