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Robert Browning

by G. K. CHESTERTON (1874 - 1936)

Chapter 2 Part 3

There is an old anecdote, probably apocryphal, which describes how a feminine admirer wrote to Browning asking him for the meaning of one of his darker poems, and received the following reply: "When that poem was written, two people knew what it meant--God and Robert Browning. And now God only knows what it means. (Summary by Gilbert Keith Chesterton)

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Chapter 3 Part 1 , Chapter 3 Part 2 , Chapter 3 Part 3 , Chapter 4 Part 1 , Chapter 4 Part 2 , Chapter 4 Part 3 , Chapter 5 Part 1 , Chapter 5 Part 2 , Chapter 5 Part 3 , Chapter 6 Part 1 , Chapter 6 Part 2 , Chapter 6 Part 3 , Chapter 7 Part 1 , Chapter 7 Part 2 , Chapter 8 Part 1 , Chapter 8 Part 2 , Chapter 8 Part 3