The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point and Selected Other Poems


Read by Alan Mapstone

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in County Durham, England in 1806. From the age of 15 she suffered a series of debilitating illnesses. Her book of "Poems" published in 1844 attracted the attention of Robert Browning, leading to their courtship, marriage and elopement to Italy where she lived for the rest of her life. She died in Florence in 1861.

She was a campaigner for the abolition of slavery despite both her parents' families having financial interests in plantations in the West Indies. Her poem "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point" was an attempt to make people in England and America more aware of the cruelty of slavery as it affected a young slave woman..
(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (1 hr 23 min)

Chapters

The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point 16:45 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Young Queen 4:51 Read by Alan Mapstone
Victoria's Tears 3:45 Read by Alan Mapstone
A Sabbath Morning at Sea 5:03 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Bettine 3:50 Read by Alan Mapstone
A Child's Grave at Florence 8:19 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Sea-Mew 3:21 Read by Alan Mapstone
Cowper's Grave 6:28 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Flush, my Dog 6:37 Read by Alan Mapstone
SONNETS: On a Portrait of Wordsworth 1:38 Read by Alan Mapstone
Flush or Faunus 1:33 Read by Alan Mapstone
To George Sand - A Desire 1:38 Read by Alan Mapstone
To George Sand - A Recognition 1:34 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Prisoner 1:35 Read by Alan Mapstone
Mountaineer and Poet 1:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Poet 1:28 Read by Alan Mapstone
PARAPHRASES: Marriage of Psyche and Cupid (on Apuleius) 3:00 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Daughters of Pandarus (on Homer) 3:25 Read by Alan Mapstone
Ode to the Swallow (on Anacreon) 1:34 Read by Alan Mapstone
Paraphrases on Heine 5:42 Read by Alan Mapstone