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Dakota Fanning performs with gusto in this slightly hammy account of Jihn Ruskin and Effie Gray’s marital disaster• Why Effie Gray is the one film you should watch this week
One of John Ruskin’s many achievements was single-handedly creating a modern academic industry with the ambiguous way he described his unconsummated marriage to his young Scottish bride Euphemia “Effie” Gray. In the course of legal correspondence connected to their divorce, the great Victorian critic claimed there were “circumstances in her person” which disgusted him. Did that mean her pubic hair? Was he just reacting hysterically to her general nakedness? Was she eating chips in bed? Continue reading...