The ring and the book

Robert Browning First published 1868

About this book

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

  • executions and executioners
  • fiction
  • history
  • murder
  • poetry
  • poetry (poetic works by one author)
  • trials (murder)