The Wayward MuseSimon and Schuster, 20 mar 2007 - 272 páginas "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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... artists.” He waited for the light of recognition. “Picture painters.” Jane felt very foolish. Beside her, Bessie ... artist's model.” Jane stared at him, incredulous. “A fine gentleman like you, from London, has to come all the way to ...
... artists.” He waited for the light of recognition. “Picture painters.” Jane felt very foolish. Beside her, Bessie ... artist's model.” Jane stared at him, incredulous. “A fine gentleman like you, from London, has to come all the way to ...
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... artist, she thought. But the one called Burne-Jones said he was very famous in London. Perhaps he specialized in painting ugly or deformed individuals. But was there any chance, even the smallest chance, that he knew something the ...
... artist, she thought. But the one called Burne-Jones said he was very famous in London. Perhaps he specialized in painting ugly or deformed individuals. But was there any chance, even the smallest chance, that he knew something the ...
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... artist. Yet she could not shake the feeling that in his eyes she saw sympathy and understanding, and an invitation to join him in his wry detachment. It was an offer she burned to accept. She wondered if she might run into Rossetti and ...
... artist. Yet she could not shake the feeling that in his eyes she saw sympathy and understanding, and an invitation to join him in his wry detachment. It was an offer she burned to accept. She wondered if she might run into Rossetti and ...
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... artists from London who are in Oxford to paint the Debating Hall.” “If you are an artist, you must be a bad one, to want to paint her,” said Mrs. Burden, echoing Jane's thoughts of the night before. She jerked her shoulder back toward ...
... artists from London who are in Oxford to paint the Debating Hall.” “If you are an artist, you must be a bad one, to want to paint her,” said Mrs. Burden, echoing Jane's thoughts of the night before. She jerked her shoulder back toward ...
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... artists. My 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.
... artists. My 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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