The Complete Poetry (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. 22 Collections of Poetry by the author of the well-known poems My Last Duchess, Porphyria's Lover, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Christmas-Eve, Easter-DayBy Robert Browning
Length72h 51m
About this audiobook
The Complete Poetry gathers the full range of Robert Browning's verse, from early experimental works to the great dramatic monologues that secured his place in Victorian literature. Restless, intellectual, and psychologically acute, Browning's poetry turns inward upon motive, conscience, faith, ambition, and artistic creation. Poems such as "My Last Duchess," "Andrea del Sarto," and "Fra Lippo Lippi" reveal his mastery of voice: speakers disclose themselves not through confession but through evasion, rhetoric, and self-deception. In the context of nineteenth-century poetry, Browning stands beside Tennyson yet moves in a darker, more fragmented, and modern direction. Browning (1812–1889) was shaped by wide reading, religious questioning, European travel, and a lifelong fascination with history, painting, music, and Renaissance Italy. His marriage to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and their years in Italy, deepened his engagement with artistic freedom and moral complexity. His erudition and dramatic imagination enabled him to transform obscure figures, historical episodes, and invented voices into searching studies of the human mind. This volume is essential for readers seeking the breadth of Browning's achievement. It rewards patience, rereading, and attention to tone, offering a demanding but exhilarating encounter with one of English poetry's most original intelligences.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length72 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Poetry (Annotated)
154Epilogue
2Introduction
155Ben Karshook’s Wisdom
3Author Biography
156Sonnet
4Historical Context
157The Ring and the Book
5Synopsis (Selection)
158The Ring and the Book
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6Introduction:
159Half-Rome
7Robert Browning by G.K. Chesterton
160The Other Half-Rome
8Chapter I
161Tertium Quid
9Chapter II
162Count Guido Franceschini
10Chapter III
163Giuseppe Caponsacchi
11Chapter IV
164Pompilia
12Chapter V
165Dominus Hyacinthus de Archangelis
13Chapter VI
166Juris Doctor Johannes-Baptista Bottinius
14Chapter VII
167The Pope
15Chapter VIII
168Guido
16Collections of Poetry:
169The Book and the Ring
17Pauline: A Fragment of a Confession
170Balaustion’s Adventure
18Sordello
171Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society
19Dedication
172Fifine at the Fair (pt. 1)
20Sordello Book the First
173Fifine at the Fair (pt. 2)
21Sordello Book the Second
174Red Cotton Nightcap Country (pt. 1)
22Sordello Book the Third
175Red Cotton Nightcap Country (pt. 2)
23Sordello Book the Fourth
176Aristophanes’ Apology (pt. 1)
24Sordello Book the Fifth
177Aristophanes’ Apology (pt. 2)
25Sordello Book the Sixth
178The Inn Album
26Bells and Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics
179I
27Cavalier Tunes I. Marching Along
180II
28Cavalier Tunes II. Give a Rouse
181III
29Cavalier Tunes III. Boot and Saddle
182IV
30My Last Duchess
183V
31Count Gismond
184VI
32Incident of the French Camp
185VII
33Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister
186VIII
34In a Gondola
187Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper
35Artemis Prologuizes
188Pacchiarotto. I
36Waring
189Pacchiarotto. II
37Warning II
190Pacchiarotto. III
38Rudel to the Lady of Tripoli
191Pacchiarotto. IV
39Cristina
192Pacchiarotto. V
40Johannes Agricola in Meditation I. — Madhouse Cell
193Pacchiarotto. VI
41Johannes Agricola in Meditation II. — Madhouse Cell
194Pacchiarotto. VII
42Through the Metidja to Abd-El-Kadr
195Pacchiarotto. VIII
43The Pied Piper of Hamelin
196Pacchiarotto. IX
44Bells and Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances and Lyrics
197Pacchiarotto. X
45How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix
198Pacchiarotto. XI
46Pictor Ignotus
199Pacchiarotto. XII
47The Italian in England
200Pacchiarotto. XIII
48The Englishman in Italy
201Pacchiarotto. XIV
49The Lost Leader
202Pacchiarotto. XV
50The Lost Mistress
203Pacchiarotto. XVI
51Home-Thoughts, From Abroad
204Pacchiarotto. XVII
52Home-Thoughts, from the Sea
205Pacchiarotto. XVIII
53Nationality in Drinks
206Pacchiarotto. XIX
54The Bishop Orders his Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church Rome
207Pacchiarotto. XX
55Garden-Fancies
208Pacchiarotto. XXI
56I. — The Flower’s Name
209Pacchiarotto. XXII
57II. — Sibrandus Schafnaburgensis.
210Pacchiarotto. XXIII
58The Laboratory
211Pacchiarotto. XXIV
59The Confessional
212Pacchiarotto. XXV
60The Flight of the Duchess
213Pacchiarotto. XXVI
61Earth’s Immortalities
214Pacchiarotto. XXVII
62Fame
215Pacchiarotto. XXVIII
63Love
216Pacchiarotto. XXIX
64Song
217La Saisiaz and the Two Poets of Croisic
65The Boy and the Angel
218Dramatic Idylls
66Meeting at Night
219Martin Relph
67Parting at Morning
220Pheidippides
68Saul
221Halbert and Hob
69Time’s Revenges
222Ivàn Ivànovitch
70The Glove
223Tray
71Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day
224Ned Bratts
72Men and Women
225Dramatic Idylls: Second Series
73Love among the Ruins
226You are sick, that’s sure
74A Lover’s Quarrel
227Echetlos
75Evelyn Hope
228Clive
76Up at a Villa–Down in the City
229Muléykeh
77A Woman’s Last Word
230Pietro of Abano
78Fra Lippo Lippi
231Doctor — —
79A Toccata of Galuppi’s
232Pan and Luna
80By the Fire-Side
233Touch him ne’er so lightly
81Any Wife to Any Husband
234Jocoseria
82An Epistle
235Wanting is — what?
83Mesmerism
236Donald
84A Serenade at the Villa
237Solomon and Balkis
85My Star
238Cristina and Monaldeschi
86Instans Tyrannus
239Mary Wollstonecraft and Fuseli
87A Pretty Woman
240Adam, Lilith, and Eve
88Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
241Ixion
89Respectability
242Jochanan Hakkadosh
90A Light Woman
243Never the Time and the Place
91The Statue and the Bust
244Pambo
92Love in a Life
245Ferishtah’s Fancies
93Life in a Love
246Ferishtah’s Fancies
94How It Strikes a Contemporary
247Prologue
95The Last Ride Together
248The Eagle
96The Patriot
249The Melon-Seller
97Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha
250Shah Abbas
98Bishop Blougram’s Apology
251The Family
99Memorabilia
252The Sun
100Andrea del Sarto
253Mihrab Shah
101Before
254A Camel-Driver
102After
255Two Camels
103In Three Days
256Cherries
104In a Year
257Plot-Culture
105Old Pictures in Florence
258A Pillar at Sebzevar
106In a Balcony
259A Bean-Stripe: Also, Apple-Eating
107Saul
260Epilogue
108De Gustibus —
261Apollo and the Fates
109Women And Roses
262With Bernard de Mandeville
110Protus
263With Daniel Bartoli
111Holy-Cross Day
264With Christopher Smart
112The Guardian-Angel
265With George Bubb Dodington
113Cleon
266With Francis Furini
114The Twins
267With Gerard de Lairesse
115Popularity
268With Charles Avison
116The Heretic’s Tragedy
269Fust and His Friends
117Two in the Campagna
270An Epilogue
118A Grammarian’s Funeral
271Asolando
119One Way of Love
272Dedication
120Another Way of Love
273Asolando. Prologue
121Transcendentalism
274Rosny
122Misconceptions
275Dubiety
123One Word More
276Now
124Dramatis Personae
277Humility
125James Lee’s Wife
278Poetics
126I. — James Lee’s Wife Speaks at the Window
279Summum Bonum
127II. — By the Fireside
280A Pearl, a Girl
128III. — In the Doorway
281Speculative
129IV. — Along the Beach
282White Witchcraft
130V. — On the Cliff
283Bad Dreams I
131VI. — Reading a Book, Under the Cliff
284Bad Dreams II
132VII. — Among the Rocks
285Bad Dreams III
133VIII. — Beside the Drawing Board
286Bad Dreams IV
134IX. — On Deck
287Inapprehensiveness
135Gold Hair
288Which?
136The Worst of It
289The Cardinal and the Dog
137Dîs Aliter Visum
290The Pope and the Net
138Too Late
291The Bean-Feast
139Abt Vogler
292Muckle-Mouth Meg
140Rabbi Ben Ezra
293Arcades Ambo
141A Death in the Desert
294The Lady and the Painter
142Caliban upon Setebos
295Ponte Dell’ Angelo, Venice
143Confessions
296Beatrice Signorini
144May and Death
297Flute-Music, with an Accompaniment
145Deaf And Dumb
298Imperante Augusto Natus Est —
146Prospice
299Development
147Youth and Art
300Rephan
148A Face
301Reverie
149A Likeness
302Asolando. Epilogue
150Eurydice to Orpheus
303Analysis
151Three Songs from Paracelsus
304Reflection
152Mr. Sludge, “The Medium”
305Memorable Quotes
153Apparent Failure
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