{"product_id":"the-ring-and-the-book-9781848612532","title":"The Ring and the Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf 'Sordello' is a book-length poem, then 'The Ring and the Book'-in its day regarded as Browning's greatest achievement, but today seemingly out of fashion-is something different. It is in fact a great novel, but one presented in blank verse, almost 21,000 lines of it, and in twelve books, each representing a different view of the action (a court case involving adultery and murder) by one of the protagonists. Why it has been called an \"epic poem\" is a puzzle; it is epic only in length; it is a poem only because it is in verse. Pushkin's 'Yevgeny Onegin' is everywhere regarded as a novel, although it is in verse. 'The Ring and the Book' is the greatest of all English verse novels; it is one of the great English novels of the 19th century; it is a remarkably modern novel in terms of narrative technique; it is, by any standard, s a great work of English Literature. It is offered by Shearsman in the author's bicentenary year, as it simply should not be out of print....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848612532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.37d","brand":"Robert Browning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51495024394421,"sku":"9781848612532","price":31.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6744a2f3-43b9-4cb5-bb71-82006ff9c4cf.jpg?v=1754973667","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ring-and-the-book-9781848612532","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}