The Wayward MuseSimon and Schuster, 20 մրտ, 2007 թ. - 272 էջ "I apologize again for my boldness, but I must tell you that you're the most beautiful girl in Oxford. Maybe in all of England. I have to put you in my painting." With these words, the scandalous, wildly talented painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti changes seventeen-year-old Jane Burden's life forever. Jane's gaunt, awkward figure and grave expression have cemented her reputation as the ugliest girl in Oxford. Raised by a stableman on Holywell Street -- the town's most sordid and despicable slum -- Jane is nearly resigned to marry in-kind. But when she meets Rossetti at the theater, he sees beyond her worn, ill-fitting dress and unruly hair and is stirred by her unconventional beauty. The charismatic painter whisks Jane into Oxford's exclusive art scene as his muse, and during the long and intimate hours of modeling -- draping and tilting, gazing and posing -- Jane finds herself falling in love. When Rossetti abruptly leaves Oxford with no plans to return, brokenhearted Jane settles for a stable, if passionless, marriage to his soft-spoken protégé, William Morris -- the man who would go on to become the father of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Jane resigns herself to life as a respectable wife and mother, exchanging the slop bucket for intricate needlepoint, willing away the memories of Rossetti and what could have been. But Rossetti and Jane are inextricably bound together by tragedy, art, and desire, and no amount of time or distance can separate them. Ultimately this complicated arrangement with which Jane, Morris, and Rossetti must learn to live threatens to undo them all. Richly textured and deftly portrayed, Elizabeth Hickey's latest is a compelling portrait of the ever-changing notions of both love and beauty. |
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... she would eat sponge cake with caramel sauce, and strawberry trifle. Jane would wear goat's-hair shawls from India and fine silk dresses from China. Sometimes Jane's daydreams comforted her, but not today. She could [7] THE WAYWARD MUSE.
... she would eat sponge cake with caramel sauce, and strawberry trifle. Jane would wear goat's-hair shawls from India and fine silk dresses from China. Sometimes Jane's daydreams comforted her, but not today. She could [7] THE WAYWARD MUSE.
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... dress is the only one you have that isn't too short,” Bessie said, “though it does make you look terribly sallow. I've repaired the blue tarlatan. It's sadly faded but Mrs. Burden said I can't have another dress until spring, no matter ...
... dress is the only one you have that isn't too short,” Bessie said, “though it does make you look terribly sallow. I've repaired the blue tarlatan. It's sadly faded but Mrs. Burden said I can't have another dress until spring, no matter ...
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... dress was made of the cheapest wool available, and had been worn so many times that the once gold-colored fabric was dull and pilled. At least the style suited her figure, thought Jane. Mrs. Burden might be illiterate, but she was ...
... dress was made of the cheapest wool available, and had been worn so many times that the once gold-colored fabric was dull and pilled. At least the style suited her figure, thought Jane. Mrs. Burden might be illiterate, but she was ...
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... dress and laid it on her pallet. Then she set to work, clad only in her chemise. She had to hurry if she was going to be ready in time. The blue cotton she had found was left over from making Bessie's dress and would look very odd, but ...
... dress and laid it on her pallet. Then she set to work, clad only in her chemise. She had to hurry if she was going to be ready in time. The blue cotton she had found was left over from making Bessie's dress and would look very odd, but ...
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... dress or laughing at her ugliness. What other reason could he have for staring? When she turned back to look, they had gone, and Bessie was beside her again, holding the playbill Peter Gourley had bought her. Jane said nothing to her ...
... dress or laughing at her ugliness. What other reason could he have for staring? When she turned back to look, they had gone, and Bessie was beside her again, holding the playbill Peter Gourley had bought her. Jane said nothing to her ...
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