{"product_id":"2026200011002-secondhand-the-ring-and-the-book","title":"The Ring And The Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ring and the Book stands as one of the greatest achievements in Victorian poetry, a sweeping narrative poem that chronicles a sensational Roman murder trial of 1698. Drawing on an old yellow book of court documents discovered in a Florentine market stall, Browning reconstructs the brutal killing of Pompilia Comparini by her husband Count Guido Franceschini, presenting the same events through twelve dramatic monologues, each from a different perspective. The poem masterfully illustrates how truth is subjective and elusive, as lawyers, townspeople, the Pope, and the principals themselves each argue their version of events with passionate conviction. At over 21,000 lines, it is one of the longest poems in the English language, and its psychological depth and innovative structure have influenced writers and thinkers from Henry James to modern literary theorists. Ambitious, morally penetrating, and rhetorically dazzling, it remains Browning's undisputed masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956115058907,"sku":"2026200011002-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8e416e2b-34ef-4979-8cf0-bc6f3e013bc8.png?v=1783497880","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011002-secondhand-the-ring-and-the-book","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}