Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Read and listen as much as you want
  • Over 1 million titles
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • 7 days free trial, then €9.99/month
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe Now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Ring and the Book (Unabridged)

Language
English
Format
Category

Non-fiction

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Ring and the Book (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Ring and the Book is a long dramatic narrative poem, and, more specifically, a verse novel, of 21,000 lines, written by Robert Browning. It was published in four volumes from 1868 to 1869 by Smith, Elder & Co. The book tells the story of a murder trial in Rome in 1698, whereby an impoverished nobleman, Count Guido Franceschini, is found guilty of the murders of his young wife Pompilia Comparini and her parents, having suspected his wife was having an affair with a young cleric, Giuseppe Caponsacchi. Having been found guilty despite his protests and sentenced to death, Franceschini then appeals—unsuccessfully—to Pope Innocent XII to overturn the conviction. The poem comprises twelve books, nine of which are dramatic monologues spoken by a different narrator involved in the case (Count Guido speaks twice), usually giving a different account of the same events, and two books (the first and the last) spoken by the author. Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.

© 2013 e-artnow (Ebook): 4064066447670

Release date

Ebook: August 29, 2013

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Theophrastus's Characters: An Ancient Take on Bad Behavior Theophrastus
  2. All Sorts and Conditions of Men Walter Besant
  3. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: Volume I Ernest Hemingway
  4. Ups and Downs Stacy Aumonier
  5. Stories from the States Various Authors
  6. Simon called Peter Robert Keable
  7. The House with the Green Shutters George D. Brown
  8. The Beloved Vagabond W. J. Locke
  9. Rupert of Hentzau Anthony Hope
  10. Tales of Persuasion Philip Hensher
  11. The Nebuly Coat J. Meade Falkner
  12. Rogue Herries Hugh Walpole
  13. The Love of an Unknown Soldier Anonymous
  14. John Halifax, Gentleman Dinah Craik
  15. Judith Paris Hugh Walpole
  16. The Sowers Henry S. Merriman
  17. Uncle's Dream Fyodor Dostoevsky
  18. The Woman Who Did Grant Allen
  19. Mr Wray's Cash Box Wilkie Collins
  20. The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope
  21. Sick Heart River John Buchan
  22. The Courts of the Morning John Buchan
  23. An African Millionaire Grant Allen
  24. Harry Heathcote of Gangoil Anthony Trollope
  25. Masterman Ready Captain Marryat
  26. Father and Son Edmund Gosse
  27. Plotinus on Selfhood, Freedom and Politics Asger Ousager
  28. The Power House John Buchan
  29. The Frozen Deep Wilkie Collins
  30. Helen with the High Hand Arnold Bennett
  31. Martin Rattler R. M. Ballantyne
  32. The Mind of Mr J.G. Reeder Edgar Wallace
  33. Sketches by Boz: Volume 3 Charles Dickens
  34. The Virgin and the Gypsy D.H. Lawrence
  35. Love and Mr Lewisham H.G. Wells
  36. The Semi-Attached Couple Emily Eden
  37. New Grub Street George Gissing
  38. The Dark Flower John Galsworthy
  39. Visions Of Heaven And Hell John Bunyan
  40. Anna of the Five Towns Arnold Bennett
  41. Sorrell and Son Warwick Deeping
  42. Lawrence Loves D.H. Lawrence
  43. The Wrong Box Robert L. Stevenson
  44. Kipps H.G. Wells
  45. Idle Ideas in 1904 Jerome K. Jerome
  46. The Europeans Henry James
  47. Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Atkinson
  48. The Diary of a Pilgrimage Jerome K. Jerome
  49. The Two Destinies Wilkie Collins
  50. On Czeslaw Milosz: Visions from the Other Europe Eva Hoffman

This is why you’ll love Storytel

  • Listen and read without limits

  • 800 000+ stories in 40 languages

  • Kids Mode (child-safe environment)

  • Cancel anytime

Unlimited stories, anytime
Time limited offer

Unlimited

Listen and read as much as you want

9.99 € /month
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Offline Mode

  • Kids Mode

  • Cancel anytime

Try now