Muses

A trilogy of long-reads

Painted in oil, quoted in prose, captured on film.

The first it-girls — each for her own era.

Jane Morris
I
1839—1914

Jane

Melancholia

Jane Burden Morris

“It is hard to say whether she embodies all the Pre-Raphaelite paintings at once, or whether they are a deep analysis of her.”

Henry James · 1869 Read
Zelda Fitzgerald
II
1900—1948

Zelda

Euphoria

Zelda Fitzgerald

“Perhaps she was the first American flapper.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald Read
Edie Sedgwick
III
1943—1971

Edie

Chaos

Edie Sedgwick

“In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.”

Andy Warhol · 1968 Read