Robert Browning Audio

Here is a fine selection of poetry from the great innovator of the dramatic monologue: Robert Browning. Imbued with psychological penetration, lively wit, and colloquial exuberance which were hitherto alien to Victorian poetry, Browning's poetry was remarkable for its time.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be..."

Browning's original idea was of a young, innocent girl, moving unblemished through the crime-ridden neighbourhoods of Asolo. The work caused outrage when it was first published.

The biography of their lives is woven together by the poetry from these two influential 19th century English poets.

Given Browning's intensely romantic love affair with Elizabeth Barrett, it is characteristic that he should...

Selections spanning the poet's career, read by leading actors of the British stage and screen: Douglas Hodge, David Horovitch, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Northam, Diana Quick, Prunella Scales, and Sian Thomas.