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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... . Though she could not imagine what could be worse than living next to the privy. There was the smell, of course, and the periodic flooding, but what Jane hated the most was the fact that everyone on the [3] THE WAYWARD MUSE.
... . Though she could not imagine what could be worse than living next to the privy. There was the smell, of course, and the periodic flooding, but what Jane hated the most was the fact that everyone on the [3] THE WAYWARD MUSE.
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... imagine anything worse. Even to live out in the open, in the rain and snow, might be uncomfortable, but at least there would be fresh air. Bessie appeared at the top of the stairs. “How did it happen?” she asked, holding out the mop ...
... imagine anything worse. Even to live out in the open, in the rain and snow, might be uncomfortable, but at least there would be fresh air. Bessie appeared at the top of the stairs. “How did it happen?” she asked, holding out the mop ...
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... imagine that she lived in London, in a brick town house on a fashionable street. She would have a cook who would make lamb stew, piping hot and fragrant with rosemary, and rolls dripping with butter. For dessert, she would eat sponge ...
... imagine that she lived in London, in a brick town house on a fashionable street. She would have a cook who would make lamb stew, piping hot and fragrant with rosemary, and rolls dripping with butter. For dessert, she would eat sponge ...
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... so sumptuously she could not imagine. She was uncomfortably aware that he might be looking at her dress, with its patched hem and worn fabric. “There are several of us, up from London, but Rossetti [15] THE WAYWARD MUSE.
... so sumptuously she could not imagine. She was uncomfortably aware that he might be looking at her dress, with its patched hem and worn fabric. “There are several of us, up from London, but Rossetti [15] THE WAYWARD MUSE.
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... uncle was a sign painter. You can't imagine how many women he had.” Burne-Jones kept a straight face with great effort. “Of course,” he said. Three J ANE hurried through her morning chores as fast [25 ] THE WAYWARD MUSE.
... uncle was a sign painter. You can't imagine how many women he had.” Burne-Jones kept a straight face with great effort. “Of course,” he said. Three J ANE hurried through her morning chores as fast [25 ] THE WAYWARD MUSE.
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