Desperate Romantics

Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture
Cover of the book Desperate Romantics by Franny Moyle, Hodder & Stoughton
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Franny Moyle ISBN: 9781848548572
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication: November 8, 2012
Imprint: John Murray Language: English
Author: Franny Moyle
ISBN: 9781848548572
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication: November 8, 2012
Imprint: John Murray
Language: English

Their Bohemian lifestyle and intertwined love affairs shockingly broke 19th Century class barriers and bent the rules that governed the roles of the sexes. They became defined by love triangles, played out against the austere moral climate of Victorian England; they outraged their contemporaries with their loves, jealousies and betrayals, and they stunned society when their complex moral choices led to madness and suicide, or when their permissive experiments ended in addiction and death. The characters are huge and vivid and remain as compelling today as they were in their own time.

The influential critic, writer and artist John Ruskin was their father figure and his apostles included the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the designer William Morris. They drew extraordinary women into their circle. In a move intended to raise eyebrows for its social audacity, they recruited the most ravishing models they could find from the gutters of Victorian slums.

The saga is brought to life through the vivid letters and diaries kept by the group and the accounts written by their contemporaries. These real-lie stories shed new light on the greatest nineteenth-century British art.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Their Bohemian lifestyle and intertwined love affairs shockingly broke 19th Century class barriers and bent the rules that governed the roles of the sexes. They became defined by love triangles, played out against the austere moral climate of Victorian England; they outraged their contemporaries with their loves, jealousies and betrayals, and they stunned society when their complex moral choices led to madness and suicide, or when their permissive experiments ended in addiction and death. The characters are huge and vivid and remain as compelling today as they were in their own time.

The influential critic, writer and artist John Ruskin was their father figure and his apostles included the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the designer William Morris. They drew extraordinary women into their circle. In a move intended to raise eyebrows for its social audacity, they recruited the most ravishing models they could find from the gutters of Victorian slums.

The saga is brought to life through the vivid letters and diaries kept by the group and the accounts written by their contemporaries. These real-lie stories shed new light on the greatest nineteenth-century British art.

More books from Hodder & Stoughton

Cover of the book Song of the Earth by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Lion's Whelp by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Shakespeare: A Complete Introduction by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Poetic Justice by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Sports Science: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Machiavelli: Bullet Guides by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book The Solitary Man by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Set Me Free by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Once is Enough by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Lonely Graves by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book The Sixty Minute Grandparent by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Essential Gaelic Dictionary: Teach Yourself by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Dark Secret Love by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Island of Flowers by Franny Moyle
Cover of the book Sidemen: The Book by Franny Moyle
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy