Author: Jones, Kathleen,
Title: Learning Not to Be First: the life of Christina Rossetti.
Description: NY, St. Martins, (1992). 1st US ed 1ptg. VG in VG DJ. Jones examines Rossetti's life alongside other 19th century writers: Bronte, Browning & Dickinson. Call the "High Priestess. of Pre-Raphaelitism", Christina suffered the tyranny of a loving family. The youngest of 4 children born in England to Italian parents, her passionate nature was curbed as she submitted to social & religious pressures that lay so heavily on Victorian women. Jones' work strips away the shadows of Christina's life to reveal her true self. DJ edge wear.

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