The Ring and the Book (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Browning
- First Published: 1868
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Dramatic
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: Italy
- Genres: Short fiction, Poetry
- Subjects: Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Marriage, Seventeenth century, Italy or Italians, Church or churches, Christmas, Trails
- Locales: Italy
Characters Discussed
Count Guido Franceschini (GWEE-doh frahn-chehs-KEE-nee), the oldest male member of a destitute noble family of Arezzo. Knowing that he is the last hope for continuing the family name, because his two brothers are priests, Guido seeks a wife to bear him a son. Impoverished, he needs a woman with an attractive dowry. His brother finds a likely prospect, and Guido’s family name attracts the girl’s mother. Inept as a husband and angered by denial of the dowry after the wedding, Guido abuses his wife. To retain the last vestige of honor as a husband, after...
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