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The Ring and the Book

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4 out of 5
Based on 80 Ratings and 15 Reviews

Book Description
In June, 1860, Browning purchased an "old yellow book" from a bookstall in Florence. The book contained legal briefs, pamphlets, and letters relating to a case that had been tried in 1698 involving a child bride, a disguised priest, a triple murder, four hangings and the beheading of a nobleman. Browning resolved to use it as the source for a poem. The result, The Ring and the Book, is certainly o... More
Book Information
PublisherBroadview Press
BindingPaperback (106 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages824
ISBN-101551113724
ISBN-13978-1551113722
Publication Date03/05/2001
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About Robert Browning (Author) : Robert Browning is a published author and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Robert Browning include Robert Browning: Selected Poems, The Pied Piper of Hamelin; a child's... more
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About Richard D. Altick (Editor) : Richard D. Altick is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Richard D. Altick include The Ring and the Book (Penguin Classics).
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About Thomas J. Collins (Editor) : Thomas J. Collins is a published editor. A published credit of Thomas J. Collins is The Ring and the Book (Broadview literary texts).
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