Portrait of Robert Browning

Victorian

Robert Browning

1812 – 1889

English poet and playwright (1812–1889)

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · United Kingdom
  • British
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About

Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax.

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Life on the Timeline

1812 – 1889
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Major Works

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