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  <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Robert Browning was a British poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.

Browning began writing poetry at age 13.  These poems were eventually collected, but were later destoryed by Browning himself.  In 1833, Browning's &quot;Pauline&quot; was published and recieved a cool receptation.  Harold Bloom believes that John Stuart Mill's review of the poem pointed Browning in the direction of the dramatic monologue.

In 1845, Browning wrote a letter to the poet Elizabeth Barrett, professing that he loved her poetry and her. In 1846, the couple eloped to Europe, eventually settling in Florence in 1847.  They had a son Pen.

Upon Elizabeth Barret Browning's death in 1861, Browning returned to London with his son.  While in London, he published &lt;i&gt;Dramatis Personae&lt;/i&gt; (1864) and &lt;i&gt;The Ring and the Book&lt;/i&gt; (1869), both of which gained him critical priase and respect.  His last book &lt;i&gt;Asolando&lt;/i&gt; was published in 1889 when the poet was 77.

In 1889, Browning traveled to Italy to visit friends.  He died in Venice on December 12 while visiting his sister.  
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  <title><![CDATA[Robert Browning's Poetry (Norton Critical Editions)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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  <ratings_count>145</ratings_count>
  <published>1886</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[My Last Duchess and Other Poems]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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  <published>1993</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Ring and the Book]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.86</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>44</ratings_count>
  <published>1911</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Pied Piper of Hamelin]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.58</average_rating>
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  <published>1842</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came (Phoenix 60p Paperbacks)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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  <published>1996</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Works of Robert Browning]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.14</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>28</ratings_count>
  <published>1996</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barret Barrett 1845-1846 vol I (1899)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.33</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>18</ratings_count>
  <published>1969</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Men and Women and Other Poems]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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  <ratings_count>10</ratings_count>
  <published>1855</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Poems and Letters]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.29</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <published>1997</published>  
  
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        <book id="896437">
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  <title><![CDATA[Dramatic Lyrics]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Browning]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.67</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>6</ratings_count>
  <published>2004</published>  
  
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