The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume VIII. The Ring and the Book, Books V-VIII
| Author | : Robert Browning |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 532 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0198186479 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780198186472 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (472 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume VIII. The Ring and the Book, Books V-VIII by : Robert Browning
Download or read book The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume VIII. The Ring and the Book, Books V-VIII written by Robert Browning and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2001 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second instalment of Browning's great murder-story set in the Italy of the 1690s, The Ring and the Book, a poem which Henry James called a 'monstrous magnificence'. Here Browning lets the central characters of his poem - the corrupt aristocrat and murderer Franceschini, his victim, and her rescuer - tell the story in their own words.