ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ring and the Book, more than 20, 000-line poem by Robert Browning, written in blank verse and published in 12 books from 1868 to 1869. The work, considered to be his greatest, was based on the proceedings of a Roman murder trial in 1698.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ring and the Book, more than 20, 000-line poem by Robert Browning, written in blank verse and published in 12 books from 1868 to 1869. The work, considered to be his greatest, was based on the proceedings of a Roman murder trial in 1698.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868–9, is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language. The story is based on the trial of an Italian nobleman, Guido Franceschini, for the murder of his wife Pompilia in Rome in 1698.

Detailed explanation-5: -His most popular poems include Porphyria’s Lover, How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, the diptych Meeting at Night, the patriotic Home Thoughts from Abroad, and the children’s poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin.