Rossetti was born on December 5th, 1830 in London. She was an influential poet, especially in fantasy and children's books. Her first published piece was a volume of Verses, published by her grandfather's private printing press in 1847. Rossetti was also a supporter of the new Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, which her brother was a founding member of. In 1850, she contributed seven poems to the Pre-Raphaelite journal The Germ  under the pseudonym Ellen Alleyne. Her most influential pieces were 1862 Goblin Market and Other Poems, 1866 The Prince's Progress and Other Poems, and 1872 Sing Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book. 

In 1859, Rossetti began volunteering at the St. Mary Magdalene Penitentiary which was mainly for 'fallen' women. Her experience here influenced her writing of Goblin Market and the morals that the narrative covers. Rossetti was also very committed to her religous faith, on two occassions she refused an engagement because the man was of Catholic faith and not Church of England. In 1871, she was diagnosed with Graves' Disease and devoted even more of her writings to her faith. 

In 1891, Rossetti developed cancer and died only three years later on December 29, 1894. 

“Christina Rossetti.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Christina-Rossetti.

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