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'Tennyson and Holman Hunt, Carlyles, Rossettis and any number of celebrated Trevelyans people these pages; and Mr Trevelyan's handling of their comings and goings is masterly.' Hilary Spurling Pauline Trevelyan, friend and patroness of so many in the Pre-Raphaelite circle, has long been an intriguing figure to scholars of that period. The daughter of a poor parson, she was married to Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, a landowner-cum-scientist twenty years her senior and her opposite in character. Herself an artist, writer and critic, she spotted Swinburne's talents when he was still a schoolboy, and commissioned important works from Rossetti, Woolner and others. From her immense correspondence we learn much about John Ruskin. A Pre-Raphaelite Circle reproduces a late-unearthed letter from Ruskin that is revelatory in respect of his marriage. For this and many other reasons it is a crucial work of reference for students of Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites.

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: literary

• Full title: Pre-Raphaelite Circle
• Author: Raleigh Trevelyan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258
• EAN: 9780571277483
• ISBN: 0571277489
• ID: 04624340
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Weight: 342 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 135 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. April 2011

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