Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 / 2008-08-02 00:00:00

EBOOK ROBERT BROWNING ***


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ROBERT BROWNING

BY
G.K. CHESTERTON


CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
BROWNING IN EARLY LIFE 1
CHAPTER II
EARLY WORKS 34
CHAPTER III
BROWNING AND HIS MARRIAGE 55
CHAPTER IV
BROWNING IN ITALY 81
CHAPTER V
BROWNING IN LATER LIFE 105
CHAPTER VI
BROWNING AS A LITERARY ARTIST 133
CHAPTER VII
"THE RING AND THE BOOK" 160
CHAPTER VIII
THE PHILOSOPHY OF BROWNING 177
INDEX 203


ROBERT BROWNING


CHAPTER I
BROWNING IN EARLY LIFE

On the subject of Browning's work innumerable things have been said
and remain to be said; of his life, considered as a narrative of
facts, there is little or nothing to say. It was a lucid and public
and yet quiet life, which culminated in one great dramatic test of
character, and then fell back again into this union of quietude and
publicity. And yet, in spite of this, it is a great deal more
difficult to speak finally about his life than about his work. His
work has the mystery which belongs to the complex; his life the much
greater mystery which belongs to the simple.
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