Welcome to The Browning Society

Registered Charity No: 269771

Upcoming Events

The 7th of May this year will mark 200 years since Robert Browning's birth.

On the 13th of May at 5pm, a Commemorative Evensong will be held at St. Marylebone Church, with special guest speaker Professor Margaret Reynolds. The event will be followed by a wine reception.

Please note that the time has changed from the original 4pm to the new 5pm start.

About us

The Browning Society was formed in 1969 to provide a focus for contemporary interest in Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The Society arranges an annual programme of lectures, visits, etc., in London and elsewhere, as well as publishing the Journal of Browning Studies. The aims of the Society are to widen the appreciation and understanding of the poetry of the Brownings, and other Victorian writers and poets, and to collect items of literary and biographical interest. For an account of The Browning Society formed during the poet's lifetime, see William S. Peterson's Interrogating the Oracle: A History of the London Browning Society (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1969).

Membership of the Society is open to all. The Society's activities centre on London and the South East, but members who live elsewhere in Britain and overseas are kept in touch through the journal and regular interchanges of news and information. In addition to activities and events in England, the Browning Society supports the efforts of the Friends of Casa Guidi to restore and maintain the Brownings' home in Florence, Italy.