The Ring and the Book

By Robert Browning

Release : 2009-06-01

Genre : Poetry, Books, Fiction & Literature

Kind : ebook

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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.

The Ring and the Book

By Robert Browning

Release : 2009-06-01

Genre : Poetry, Books, Fiction & Literature

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
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.

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