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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... hand, an expression of glee on his face. He did not see her. My future husband, she thought, and then she did cry, sliding to the hard stone step and burying her face in her stinking skirt. Two T HE next day Jane tried to forget about ...
... hand, an expression of glee on his face. He did not see her. My future husband, she thought, and then she did cry, sliding to the hard stone step and burying her face in her stinking skirt. Two T HE next day Jane tried to forget about ...
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... hand to her mouth and tried to stifle her giggles, but couldn't. “Oh, Jane, you look terrible!” she said. “What's wrong?” asked Jane in alarm. Bessie showed her the large spot of mud on the front of her dress. “I don't know how you ...
... hand to her mouth and tried to stifle her giggles, but couldn't. “Oh, Jane, you look terrible!” she said. “What's wrong?” asked Jane in alarm. Bessie showed her the large spot of mud on the front of her dress. “I don't know how you ...
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... hand, evidently expecting her to handle the situation. Jane nodded her head. She reflected that though this was an extraordinary event and she should be alarmed, she was not. “My name is Dante Gabriel Rossetti,” the young man continued ...
... hand, evidently expecting her to handle the situation. Jane nodded her head. She reflected that though this was an extraordinary event and she should be alarmed, she was not. “My name is Dante Gabriel Rossetti,” the young man continued ...
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... hand until it was enveloped in his. Time froze. She couldn't hear the crowd, her sister's voice, or her own heart, which seemed to have stopped. She couldn't see Mr. Burne-Jones or Mr. Rossetti. She couldn't feel her own body in space ...
... hand until it was enveloped in his. Time froze. She couldn't hear the crowd, her sister's voice, or her own heart, which seemed to have stopped. She couldn't see Mr. Burne-Jones or Mr. Rossetti. She couldn't feel her own body in space ...
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... hand from hers, her reason was restored and she stepped back, aghast. She glanced furtively around to make sure no one had seen. Theatergoers were rushing by, hurrying home, not paying the least bit of attention. Her heart was ...
... hand from hers, her reason was restored and she stepped back, aghast. She glanced furtively around to make sure no one had seen. Theatergoers were rushing by, hurrying home, not paying the least bit of attention. Her heart was ...
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