CR
's sister Maria
was three years her senior and the bond between them was close. She became a governess and an author of textbooks (Exercises in Idiomatic Italian through Literal Translation from the...
Family and Intimate relationships
Christina Rossetti
In the wake of William's engagement, their sister Maria
decided to enter the Anglican All Saints Sisterhood
. This entailed her moving permanently away from the sister with whose life hers had been from the...
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...
Publishing
Christina Rossetti
Her brother William
thought her second poem was one about a Chinaman (representing the mainland of China) whose pig-tail (representing Hong Kong) is cut off; this was written to celebrate Britain's victory in the...
Wealth and Poverty
Christina Rossetti
This also had a drastic impact on family finances. CR
's sister Maria
left the family home at about the age of seventeen to work as a residential governess, and their mother, Frances
, resumed...