{"date":"May 7","id":"05-07","intro":["A haughty aristocrat, who murdered his wife for enjoying life more than he, now bargaining for a new bride; a crafty bishop begging and bullying his heirs for a tomb richer than that of his rival; these are subjects of Browning’s pen."],"minutes":8,"readings":[{"author":"Robert Browning","end":1078,"start":1074,"volume":42,"work":"Poems"}],"slug":"may-7","status":"proofread","title":"A Bishop Bargains","url":"/harvard-classics/may-7/","words":1506}