num_pages: 707
description: Centered around the scene of a murder trial, the story of The Ring and the Book is narrated in the form of multi-character monologues. The ambitious 21,000 line poem is sure to captivate today's reader just as much as its unconventional form surprised those who first rummaged through its pages when it was first published..
language: English
title: The Ring and the Book
titlecomplete: The Ring and the Book
genres: Victorian, Literature, Fiction, Poetry, English Literature, Historical Fiction, 19th Century, Classic Literature, British Literature, Classics
ratings_count: 415
publisher: Penguin Classics