The Laboratory - From The Dramatic Romances and Lyrics

by Robert Browning

"The Laboratory" is a poem and dramatic monologue. This poem, set in seventeenth century France, is the monologue of a woman speaking to an apothecary as he prepares a poison, which she intends to use to kill her rival in love. It was inspired by the life of Marie Madeleine Marguerite D'Aubray, marquise de Brinvilliers (1630-1676), who poisoned her father and two brothers and planned to poison her husband. Robert Browning (1812-1889) was an English...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8026891201
• ISBN13: 9788026891208
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: E-Artnow
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"