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Effie. Storia Di Uno Scandalo (2012)

by Suzanne Fagence Cooper(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

8854506222 (ISBN13: 9788854506220)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Neri Pozza

review 1: What a life Victorian women led. Wanted to read this after Parallel Lives by Phyllis Rose revealed the story of Effie, John Ruskin and Millais. "If only John could prove his wife's insanity, then Effie could be sent away, and he would be free to work and travel. Effie could see the way her husband's mind was working...She had read enough novels as a girl to know what happened to mad wives." P. 112 (hardcover)Now, whose mind was really "unstable"?
review 2: Wonderful accompaniment to the Pre-Raphaelite show now at the National Gallery of Art. Effie Gray had her unconsummated marriage to John Ruskin annulled and married John Everett Millais. A shocking turn of events at the time. The book is well written and researched and a real window into the plight of women... more in Victorian England and the Victorian art world. The author spent 12 years at the V&A as a curator and research fellow in Victorian Art. She knows her stuff. less

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