{"product_id":"the-ring-and-the-book-1848612532","title":"The Ring and the Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1848612532\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Browning, Robert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68064562282784,"sku":"NEW1848612532","price":40.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/718Tm27kIiL.jpg?v=1793362908","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-ring-and-the-book-1848612532","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}