Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Things didn't always go so well for the young Christina Rossetti. In the 1840s she suffered a nervous breakdown and had to leave school. (Source.)
Apparently Christina Rossetti was quite picky. She fell for but ultimately rejected several different dudes for religious reasons. (Source.)
Christina Rossetti got started with the whole poetry thing when she was quite young. Her first book of poems was privately printed when she was just 12 years old. (Source.)