Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais

by Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Book Overview

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 prot?g?, and fell passionately in love with him. In a daring act, Effie left Ruskin, had their marriage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312581734
• ISBN13: 9780312581732
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"