The Model Wife: Effie, Ruskin and Millais: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais - Rilegato

Suzanne Fagence Cooper

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ISBN 10: 0715638645 ISBN 13: 9780715638644

Casa editrice: Duckworth, 2010

Riassunto

The Scottish beauty Effie Gray is the heroine of a great Victorian love story. Married at 19 to John Ruskin, she found herself trapped in an unconsummated union. She would fall in love with her husband's protege, John Everett Millais, and inspire some of his most memorable art, but controversy and tragedy continued to stalk her. Suzanne Fagence Cooper has gained exclusive access to Effie's family letters and diaries to show the rise and fall of the Pre-Raphaelite circle from a new perspective, through the eyes of a woman whose charm and ambition helped to shape the careers of both her husbands. Effie Gray is a compelling portrait of the extraordinary woman behind some of the greatest paintings of the Victorian era.

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Recensione:

'At last Effie Millais has been given her voice and it is marvelous one. Effie emerges as a courageous, intelligent, resourceful, woman who refused to go quietly. In unsettling Victorian society, she left the door ajar for generations of women. Suzanne Fagence Cooper elegantly brings to life the glittering world of Victorian art and the socially complicated one of a woman who wed the two cultural giants of the age and not only survived, but thrived! Effies story is a haunting one. I couldnt put it down.' --Linda Lear, author of Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature

'Effie Gray's story is extraordinary and Cooper feasts upon it with appetite...I cannot recommend Fagence Coopers biography of Effie Gray more highly to anyone with a heart, a liking for a goods read and an interest in things Victorian' --Henrietta Garnett, Literary Review

'This is an exceptional book about an exceptional trio and the exceptional families that formed them.' --The Scotsman

L'autore:

Suzanne Fagence Cooper spent 12 years as a curator and research fellow, studying the Victorian collections of the V&A Museum. She has written several books and essays on the Pre-Raphaelites and Victorian women. Her knowledge of 19th century art has led her to work as a consultant for BBC TV and radio. She lives in Yorkshire.

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• Editore: Duckworth
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0715638645
• ISBN 13: 9780715638644
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 312