{"product_id":"the-ring-and-the-book","title":"The Ring and the Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nIn June, 1860, Browning purchased an “old yellow book” from a bookstall in Florence. The book contained legal briefs, pamphlets, and letters relating to a case that had been tried in 1698 involving a child bride, a disguised priest, a triple murder, four hangings and the beheading of a nobleman. Browning resolved to use it as the source for a poem. The result, \u003cem\u003eThe Ring and the Book\u003c\/em\u003e, is certainly one of the most important long poems of the Victorian era and is arguably Browning’s greatest work.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nBasing their edition on the 1888–89 version of the poem, Altick and Collins include the last corrections Browning intended before his death. In addition to a substantial introduction, this Broadview Literary Texts edition also includes selections from Browning’s correspondence, and contemporary reviews and reactions to the work.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233484837213,"sku":null,"price":34.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781551113722.jpg?v=1792204207","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/the-ring-and-the-book","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}