Book 1986
Robert Browning, the Ring and the Book (English Poets)
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- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Poetry & poets
- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Franceschini, Guido
- Franceschini, Pompilia
- Poetry
- English
Browning's dramatic poem The Ring and the Book narrates the trial of a Roman for the death of his wife and her parents. He suspected his wife of having an affair with a cleric. The man appeals his sentence, though unsuccessfully. The poem is narrated by many different voices, each adding their version of events to the whole in a series of monologues.