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William Morris : a life for our time by Fiona MacCarthy; Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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As a wonderfully talented designer and artistic entrepreneur, Morris created a style that still lives; as a contradictory political figure—at once a radical and a traditionalist—he was a founding father of British Socialism in the era of Marx and Engels; as a poet and storyteller, he attained a huge contemporary reputation, producing several best-sellers; and as the husband of the Pre-Raphaelite icon Jane Morris (whose love affair with Dante Gabriel Rossetti caused a stir and led to many famous paintings), he was the subject of personal torments as profound as his creative ones. In this biography, Fiona MacCarthy brings all the strands together, from the dreamy boy in a London suburb spinning medieval fantasies to the great bearded patriarch dividing his time between the design and production of beautiful fabrics, the translation of Icelandic epics, and the promotion of Socialism on street corners. Her understanding of his work as an artist-craftsman is profound, yet she is equally illuminating about the strange mixture of nostalgia and yearning for change that shaped his politics. At the same time, she is prepared to deal frankly and in detail with his often painful personal life.

Who reads William Morris : a life for our time?

Author

Fiona MacCarthy; Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress)

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780571265831

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography

Rating

4.14 / 5 (37 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14