Maria francesca rossetti biography of mahatma
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Maria Francesca Rossetti
English author and nun (1827–1876)
Maria Francesca Rossetti (17 February 1827 – 24 November 1876) was an English author and nun.
She was the sister of artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti, and of Christina Georgina Rossetti, who dedicated her 1862 poem Goblin Market to Maria.
Maria francesca rossetti biography of mahatma
Literary and religious life
She was the author of The Shadow of Dante: Being an essay towards studying himself, his world, and his pilgrimage (published 1871). She also acted as a governess during the years of family hardship brought on by her father's failing health, and tutored a young Lucy Madox Brown, a future sister-in-law.
At the age of 46, Maria joined the Society of All Saints, an Anglican order for women. Lucy Madox Brown wanted to paint her in her habit.[1] She made an English translation of the Monastic Diurnal for her order, The Day Hours and Other Offices as Used by the Sisters of All Saints, which was used by her order unt