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portada Marriage of Inconvenience: Euphemia Chalmers Gray and John Ruskin: The Secret History of the Most Notorious Marital Failure of the Victorian Era
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2012
Language
English
Pages
600
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
24.1 x 16.6 x 5.1 cm
Weight
1.11 kg.
ISBN
1843680769
ISBN13
9781843680765
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Marriage of Inconvenience: Euphemia Chalmers Gray and John Ruskin: The Secret History of the Most Notorious Marital Failure of the Victorian Era

Robert Brownell (Author) · Pallas Athene · Hardcover

Marriage of Inconvenience: Euphemia Chalmers Gray and John Ruskin: The Secret History of the Most Notorious Marital Failure of the Victorian Era - Brownell, Robert

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Synopsis "Marriage of Inconvenience: Euphemia Chalmers Gray and John Ruskin: The Secret History of the Most Notorious Marital Failure of the Victorian Era"

- A dazzlingly researched investigation into the extraordinary truth of the most scandalous love triangle of the 19th century, between John Ruskin, Effie Gray and John Everett MillaisEffie Gray was an innocent victim of a male-dominated society, repressed and mistreated. Or was she? John Ruskin, the greatest art critic and social reformer of his time, was a callous misogynist and upholder of the patriarchy. Or was he? John Everett Millais, boy genius, rescued the heroine from the tyrannical clutches of the husband who left his wedding unconsummated for six years. Or did he? What really happened in the most scandalous love triangle of the 19th century? Was it all about impotence and pubic hair? Or was it about money, power and freedom? If so, whose? And what possibilities were there for these young people caught in a world racked by social, financial and political turmoil? The accepted story of the Ruskin marriage has never lost its fascination. History books, novels, television series, operas and now a star-filled film by Emma Thompson have all followed this standard line. It seems to offer an easy take on the Victorians and how we have moved on. But the story isn't true. In Marriage of Inconvenience Robert Brownell uses extensive documentary evidence - much of it never seen before, and much of it hitherto suppressed - to reveal a story no less fascinating and human, no less illuminating about the Victorians and far more instructive about our own times, than the myths that have grown up about the most notorious marriage of the 19th century.

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