A haughty aristocrat, who murdered his wife for enjoying life more than he, now bargaining for a new bride; a crafty bishop begging and bullying his heirs for a tomb richer than that of his rival; these are subjects of Browning's pen. (Volume 42, Harvard Classics)
Robert Browning born May 7, 1812.
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The Voyage of the Beagle (Ch. XX), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: Plutarch
Parallel Lives of Famous Greeks and Romans (Cæsar), by Plutarch
Introductory Note: Sir Thomas Malory
The Holy Grail (Book 17, Ch. 10-14), by Sir Thomas Malory
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I Promessi Sposi or The Betrothed (Ch. XX), by Alessandro Manzoni
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The Second Dialogue, by George Berkeley
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Don Quixote (Vol. I, Part I, Ch. XXXIII), by Miguel de Cervantes
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