The Complete Works of Robert Browning: Poems, Plays, Letters & Biographies in One Edition. Robert Browning
rel="nofollow" href="#ulink_9bd0bb23-407c-5d52-a416-99463b571c29">87, 89; will, 93; lyrics, 100, 101; mentioned for Laureateship, 121, 122; books read by, 143; genius for friendship, 148; comment on dress, 151; description of, 153, 179; souvenir locket, 153; views on life, 159; appreciation of Tennyson, 166; success of "Aurora Leigh," 174-176; American appreciation, 187; ill health, 193, 195; closing days, 196; last words, 197; burial, 197; tomb, 200; tablet on Casa Guidi to her memory, 218, 264; Tauchnitz edition of poems, 227
Browning, Reuben (uncle), 8
——, Robert (father), character and qualities, 4-6; removal to Paris, 132; talent for caricature, 137; death, 210
——, Robert (grandfather), 4
——, Robert, ancestry of, 4-6; birth, 4; childhood and early tastes, 6-8; first literary work, 7; home atmosphere, 10, 11; school, 12; influenced by Byron and Shelley, 13, 14; juvenile verses, 14; publication of "Pauline," 14; visit to Russia, 27, 28; meets Wordsworth, Landor, Dickens, and Leigh Hunt, 30, 32; personal appearance, 31; writes play for Macready, 33; visit to Venice, 35, 36; removal to Hatcham, 38; English friends and social life, 38-41; hears of Elizabeth Barrett, 41; visit to Italy, 70, 71; return to England, 71; correspondence of the poets, 74-89; first meeting with Miss Barrett, 80; marriage, 87, 89; sees "Sonnets from the Portuguese," 109; lyrics, 120, 121, 152; keynote of his art, 122-125; interpretation of Shelley, 133, 134; Fisher’s portrait of, 153; Page’s portrait of, 155; literary standing, 172; finds "Old Yellow Book," 181; homage to Landor, 183; leaves Florence forever, 200; returns to London, 200; takes London house, 202; literary work, 203-207; extension of social activities, 206, 207; friendship with Jowett, 209; meeting with Tennyson, 210; death of father, 210; Oxford conferred degree of M.A., 211; made Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, 211; new six-volume edition of poems, 213; dedication to Tennyson, 213; success of "The Ring and the Book," 214-215; comparison of character of Pompilia to