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The best of these letters, flowing rapidly from his pen, radiate charisma and enthusiasm, warmth and care for his friends, and a total engagement with art and literature.
— BURLINGTON MAGAZINE [Julian Treuherz]
The young Rossetti emerges as a distinctly more robust and unpredictable figure than fans of the later Rossetti might expect... Rossetti is by turns earnest, skittish, stiffly formal and exuberantly scatalogical.
— TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Impressive volumes...edited with excellent attention to detail...Invaluable and fascinating reading.
— REVIEW OF THE PRS
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These handsome volumes are to be warmly welcomed by all of us interested in the Pre-Raphaelites and the Morris circle.
— WILLIAM MORRIS SOCIETY JOURNAL
Fredeman's knowledge of the period and careful editing separates Rossetti from what he calls the 'bleak, reclusive, somnolent stereotype' portrayed by many of his biographers.
— ANITIQUARIES JOURNAL
An exemplary model of scholarship....Brings us closer to the Pre-Raphaelites than anyone in the twenty-first century could otherwise ever imagine...May stand as [an] exemplary monument of modern editorial scholarship.
— JOURNAL OF PRE-RAPHAELITE STUDIES
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