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Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax.

Browning's early career began promisingly, but collapsed. The long poems Pauline and Paracelsus received some acclaim, but in 1840 the difficult Sordello, which was seen as wilfully obscure, brought his poetry into disrepute. His reputation took more than a decade to recover, during which time he moved away from the Shelleyan forms of his early period and developed a more personal style.

In 1846, Browning married the older poet Elizabeth Barrett, and went to live in Italy. By the time of her death in 1861, he had published the crucial collection Men and Women. The collection Dramatis Personae and the book-length epic poem The Ring and the Book followed, and made him a leading British poet. He continued to write prolifically, but his reputation today rests largely on the poetry he wrote in this middle period.

When Browning died in 1889, he was regarded as a sage and philosopher-poet who through his writing had made contributions to Victorian social and political discourse. Unusually for a poet, societies for the study of his work were founded while he was still alive. Such Browning Societies remained common in Britain and the United States until the early 20th century.


Charles Szabo is an American singer songwriter and educator who covers old songs to give them new life and performs his originals.

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Charles (Chuck/Chaz) Szabo from Ohio, is an American singer-songwriter and cover artist of public domain songs. He specializes in lyric videos with words for people to sing along with. His recordings are mostly simple, straightforward vocal & piano or guitar arrangements. Szabo’s original songs range from love songs to songs for celebrating each holiday. His music is available on YouTube at the Charles Szabo or Szabo Music channels. On Spotify and all other streaming services (Apple, ITunes, Amazon, Deezer, etc.) he can be searched and found as Charles Szabo Music.

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