Christina Rossetti Context
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- Created on: 10-12-17 20:19
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- Family and Upbringing
- In the 1840s, her family lost some fortune due to her father's medical health
- Mother had to work as a teacher as her father couldn't work
- Aged 14, she had a nervous breakdown and could no longer attend school
- She was educated at home by her parents; taught religious works, fairy tales and classics
- 1842 First surviving poem 'To My Mother' - sees highly of her mother
- Became isolated once her family all had to work due to her father's illness. She was left alone at home
- In the 1840s, her family lost some fortune due to her father's medical health
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