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Browning's reputation diminished for a decade. This was due to his association with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which was seen as a radical and subversive movement. Browning's poetry was seen as obscure and difficult to understand, and he was accused of being pretentious and self-indulgent. However, his reputation began to recover in the 1870s, and he is now considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Victorian era.