In her own era, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) was one of England's most well-known female poets. She is most often associated with the love poetry she wrote for her husband, Robert Browning. However, at the time during which she wrote, she was respected as a scholarly poet, and her large body of work raised many moral and political issues. During her early years, Browning received a thorough education in Latin and Greek, philosophy, and literature. As a young child she began to write poetry, and at the age of fourteen she composed an epic poem that her father privately printed. Elizabeth's father, although supportive of his daughter's obvious talent, was overprotective and kept careful watch over the poet. His overprotection was especially true when Elizabeth's health began to fail, and she was later confined to her home. She was an invalid living in the family home in London when her literary career began to thrive. At the age of thirty-nine, Elizabeth received her first letter from Robert Browning, an unknown poet who admired her work. She wrote back, and the two began their famous romance and eventually married. Although Elizabeth and Robert were supportive of one another in their individual literary careers, at the time of Elizabeth's death in 1861, her work was much more popular than his. Today, her most recognizable pieces come from the book Sonnets from the Portuguese. Other important pieces include the lengthy poem "Aurora Leigh" and the ambitious piece "Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point."