Despite her love for him, CR
refused Charles Bagot Cayley
's proposal of marriage, primarily on the grounds of his lack of Christian faith.
Battiscombe, Georgina. Christina Rossetti: A Divided Life. Constable, 1981.
126-7
Smulders, Sharon. Christina Rossetti Revisited. Twayne, 1996.
xii
Marsh, Jan. Christina Rossetti: A Writer’s Life. Viking, 1995.
359
Family and Intimate relationships
Christina Rossetti
By 1862 CR
had a close friendship with scholar Charles Bagot Cayley
, who had been one of her father's pupils, and whom in all probability she loved romantically.
Smulders, Sharon. Christina Rossetti Revisited. Twayne, 1996.
xii
Battiscombe, Georgina. Christina Rossetti: A Divided Life. Constable, 1981.
92-3, 120-1
Marsh, Jan. Christina Rossetti: A Writer’s Life. Viking, 1995.
287, 309
Family and Intimate relationships
Christina Rossetti
On 24 November 1876 CR
's sister Maria
died of cancer after a painful illness. She was followed by Dante Gabriel
on 9 April 1882, then by CR
's long-time friend Charles Cayley
(for whom...
