Fanny brawne and john keats

Recipient:

Fanny Brawne (1800-1865) was first Keats’s neighbor and later his fiancée. The eldest child of a widowed mother, she at first perplexed and exasperated the poet.

They fell in love, though Keats’s friends were against the match.

Summary:

Keats’s letters to Fanny Brawne are among the most famous love letters ever written. As next door neighbors, they exchanged numerous short notes, and occasionally more passionate ones.

None of Fanny’s letters to Keats survive. From his, however, it seems he was often unsettled by her behavior and uncertain of her affection.

Fanny brawne and john keats

His illness brought them closer; when he left for Rome, they were engaged and deeply in love.

25 College Street

My dearest Girl,

This moment I have set myself to copy some verses out fair. I cannot proceed with any degree of content.

I must write you a line or two and see if that will assist in dismissing you from my Mind for ever so