Rossetti: His Life and Works Helen C. White ranked amongst the greatest novels

ranked amongst the greatest novels in world literature

First published in English in 1954

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these essays confront the difficulty of assessing the proper locus of conscience in moral theo­logy—a difficulty as palpable today as when debates over casuistry and probabilism raged

Rossetti: His Life and Works Helen C. White ranked amongst the greatest novelsBy Evelyn Waugh A plain account of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, his life and works, may merit interest and attention for two reasons, writes Evelyn Waugh. First, taking Rossetti simply as a character for a story, his life is one of intense interest; second, his turgid and perverse genius provides a needed kick to conventional aesthetic standards. A fascinating account of Rossettis consistently mysterious, at times vapid, but ultimately tragic life