I made up stories to go with the paintings, and imagined what it would be like to be one of those sad, gorgeous women.
What brought you to the Pre-Raphaelites? I always loved Pre-Raphaelite painting – I have very fond memories of visiting the Tate and other galleries with my parents when I went to London as a child. I caught up with the author Rita Cameron to find out how she discovered Pre-Raphaelite art and what it was about Elizabeth Siddal that intrigued her so much. Ophelia's Muse follows the story of Elizabeth Siddal from her life in the hat shop where she was discovered by Walter Deverell, through her burgeoning career as an artist, her struggles with her health and, of course, her tumultuous love life with a certain D G Rossetti. (Sept.As many of you will know there is a new book out to add to the growing shelf of Pre-Raphaelite Fiction. A seamless plot and believable characters make for an accomplished sophomore effort. Cameron does a stellar job at demonstrating how easily stereotyping and wealth can influence outcomes, setting a wide lens on the burgeoning housing crisis by showing how the Jensens are over-leveraged while Dom scoops up foreclosed properties. After the Jensens learn of the extensive damage, which occurred shortly before they planned to move in, they demand justice but don’t find much sympathy or cooperation from the parents of those involved, and the police initially suspect the Jensens’ subcontractors before turning their focus on Will, whose older brother has a history of trouble. Homeowner Maja Jensen, a New York City transplant, longs for a baby and had hoped building an expensive dream home would repair her fraught relationship with her husband, Ted. At a year-end party, Will sees his girlfriend Maddie being sexually assaulted in the house and breaks a glass door to save her, inadvertently encouraging others to trash the place. High school senior Will O’Connor looks forward to attending Princeton on scholarship alongside his rich friend Hunter Finch, the son of prominent real estate developer Dom, who’s too wrapped up in work to be much of a father. Cameron’s riveting latest (after Ophelia’s Muse) explores class and economic divisions in an affluent Philadelphia suburb during the late-2000s housing bubble.
0 kommentar(er)
