Dramatic monologue · 1871

Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society

by Robert Browning

A dramatic monologue in blank verse in which a disgraced ruler, a thinly veiled Napoleon III, defends his career to a woman in London.

Contents · 4 parts

• Lines 1–441about 440 lines
• Lines 442–1166about 730 lines
• Lines 1167–1594about 430 lines
• Lines 1595–2169about 570 lines

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