Delphi Complete Works of Robert Browning

by Robert Browning

The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of Robert Browning, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (6MB Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Browning's life and works
* Concise introductions to the poetry and other works
* Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the poems
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry
* Easily locate the poems you want to read
* The complete poetic plays, with rare works often missed out of collections
* Includes Browning's letters - spend hours exploring the poet's personal correspondence with his beloved wife Elizabeth Barrett
* Features three biographies - discover Browning's literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Poetry Collections
PAULINE: A FRAGMENT OF A CONFESSION
SORDELLO
BELLS AND POMEGRANATES NO. III: DRAMATIC LYRICS
BELLS AND POMEGRANATES NO. VII: DRAMATIC ROMANCES AND LYRICS
CHRISTMAS-EVE AND EASTER-DAY
MEN AND WOMEN
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
THE RING AND THE BOOK
BALAUSTION’S ADVENTURE
PRINCE HOHENSTIEL-SCHWANGAU, SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY
FIFINE AT THE FAIR
RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP COUNTRY
ARISTOPHANES’ APOLOGY
THE INN ALBUM
PACCHIAROTTO, AND HOW HE WORKED IN DISTEMPER
LA SAISIAZ AND THE TWO POETS OF CROISIC
DRAMATIC IDYLLS
DRAMATIC IDYLLS: SECOND SERIES
JOCOSERIA
FERISHTAH’S FANCIES
PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE IN THEIR DAY
ASOLANDO

The Poems
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Plays
PARACELSUS
STRAFFORD
BELLS AND POMEGRANATES NO. I: PIPPA PASSES
BELLS AND POMEGRANATES NO. II: KING VICTOR AND KING CHARLES
BELLS AND POMEGRANATES NO. IV: THE RETURN OF THE DRUSES
BELLS AND POMEGRANATES NO. V: A BLOT IN THE ‘SCUTCHEON
BELLS AND POMEGRANATES NO. VI: COLOMBE’S BIRTHDAY
BELLS AND POMEGRANATES NO. VIII: LURIA AND A SOUL’S TRAGEDY
HERAKLES
THE AGAMEMNON OF AESCHYLUS

The Letters
LIST OF LETTERS FROM 1845 TO 1846

The Biographies
ROBERT BROWNING by G.K. Chesterton
LIFE OF ROBERT BROWNING by William Sharp
LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROBERT BROWNING by Mrs. Sutherland Orr

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Genres: Poetry, Classics

5942 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 30, 2008

About the author

Robert Browning (1812-1889) 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 destroyed by Browning himself. In 1833, Browning's "Pauline" was published and received a cool reception. 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 Browning, 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 Barrett Browning's death in 1861, Browning returned to London with his son. While in London, he published Dramatis Personae (1864) and The Ring and the Book (1869), both of which gained him critical priase and respect. His last book Asolando 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.