Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Rushkin, and John Everett Millais
By Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Read by Sophie Ward
Unabridged
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ISBN: 9780792788522
| Runtime: | 12.45 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Effie Gray, a beautiful and intelligent young socialite, rattled the foundations of England's Victorian age. Married at nineteen to John Ruskin, the leading art critic of the time, she found herself trapped in a loveless, unconsummated union after Ruskin rejected her on their wedding night. On a trip to Scotland she met John Everett Millais, Ruskin's protege, and fell passionately in love with him. In a daring act, Effie left Ruskin, had their marriage annulled, and entered into a long, happy marriage with Millais. Suzanne Fagence Cooper has gained exclusive access to Effie's previously unseen letters and diaries to tell the complete story of this scandalous love triangle. In Cooper's hands, this passionate love story also becomes an important new look at the work of both Ruskin and Millais with Effie emerging as a key figure in their artistic development. Effie is a heartbreakingly beautiful book about three lives passionately entwined with some of the greatest paintings of the pre-Raphaelite period.Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Ms. Fagence Cooper’s book is for the most part graceful and judicious,
and Effie Gray emerges from it as a very likable figure: lively,
fashionable, brave enough to resist publicly the Victorian code that
said wives were subject to their husbands and should suffer in silence.” —New York Times
“Effie Gray’s story is extraordinary and Cooper feasts upon it with
appetite…I cannot recommend Suzanne Fagence Cooper’s biography of Effie
Gray more highly to anyone with a heart, a liking for a good read, and an
interest in things Victorian.” —Literary Review
“A lively and highly readable triple biography of these figures, the
first one to focus on the woman at the center of this triangle.” —Washington Independent Review of Books
“Cooper illuminates an atmosphere of passionate artistic innovation and
literary appreciation, and a high-profile romantic triangle offers an
intriguing look into the peculiar interaction between Effie’s two
husbands in the name of art, and a young woman’s remarkable refusal to
bow to relentless class and marital subjugation.” —Publishers Weekly
Author
Author Bio: Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Suzanne Fagence Cooper is a research fellow and curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum. She has also worked as a consultant for the BBC. She lives in London and York.
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| Available Formats : | Library CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Runtime: | 12.45 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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