Selected Poems Of Robert Browning Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Select Poems of Robert Browning: Edited With Notes and an Introduction Let me be frank with my readers and say that there are some plausible reasons for this neglect Of Brown ing. His manner has been against him: it is frequently unconventional and abrupt; it takes for granted an unusually alert intelligence. His matter, too, is more than commonly difficult: it implies a vivid interest in human character, in many types Of the human soul, and in the conduct Of men and women placed in per plexing circumstances, on spiritual trial, in short. In this, he suggests a quite common experience in social intercourse: our meeting with some one who is, as we say, a tri e difficult to get on with, brusque, reticent, or what not, - who yet, as we discover later, hides a heart Of gold or a mind Of piercing clearness behind his idiosyncrasy. Browning's unwonted ways may be easily made light Of; and it is the purpose Of this Introduction to him to play the part Of a tactful host in smoothing out little surface difficulties that handicap an honored and distinguished guest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."