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Effie : the passionate lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais / Suzanne Fagence Cooper.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating PR5263 .C78 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Suzanne Fagence.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900--Friends and associates.
- Ruskin, John.
- Millais, Euphemia Chalmers Gray, Lady, 1828-1897.
- Millais, Euphemia Chalmers Gray.
- Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896.
- Millais, John Everett.
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
- Authors, English--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Art critics.
- Socialites.
- Friends and associates.
- Great Britain.
- Socialites--Great Britain--Biography.
- Art critics--Great Britain--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 276 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- 1 Spring: 1854 1
- 2 Bright Eyes: Effie's childhood 11
- 3 A Ghost Appearing at a Wedding Ceremony: Effie's Courtship 23
- 4 The Ruling Passion: Effie in London and Venice, 1848-50 45
- 5 A Dream of Fair Women: Effie in London and Venice, 1850-3 69
- 6 Effie with Foxgloves: London and Scotland, 1853 83
- 7 The Eve of St Agnes: 1853-4 105
- 8 Waiting: 1854-5 119
- 9 The Young Mother: 1855-72 139
- 10 The Tower of Strength: 1872-85 161
- 11 Sisters: Effie and Her Daughters 181
- 12 Sophy Gray 207
- 13 Time, the Reaper: 1885-97 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Nichols fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780312581732
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