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My Last Duchess

Adventures in Poetry Series 10
Episode 5 of 6

Peggy Reynolds teases out the many layers of Robert Browning's chilling but groundbreaking poem, in which an aristocrat tacitly admits to having done away with his young wife.

Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting appeal of some well-loved poems.

The height of English Gothic, a poem in which an aristocrat tacitly admits to having done away with his young wife - a Medici no less. Peggy Reynolds teases out the many layers of Robert Browning's chilling but groundbreaking poem.

26 minutes

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Sat 12 Dec 2009 23:30
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  • Sat 12 Dec 2009 23:30
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