539 pages
English language
Published May 18, 1917 by C. Scribner's Sons.
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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.
Subjects
- Franceschini, Guido, conte, 1657-1698 -- Poetry
- Franceschini, Pompilia, 1680-1698 -- Poetry
- Executions and executioners -- Poetry
- Trials (Murder) -- Poetry
- Murder -- Poetry
- Rome (Italy) -- History -- 1420-1798 -- Poetry