Summary of Andrew Klavan's The Truth and Beauty

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

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#1 Benjamin Robert Haydon, a self-important little man, was a good friend, a terrific dinner party companion, and a brilliant conversationalist. But he was also a painter who failed to live up to his vocation. His work was quite marvelous in its badness.

#2 Keats was a short, handsome, decent man who, despite being a poet, failed to live up to his vocation.

#3 Wordsworth was a great poet, but he was also a bit of a pompous ass.

#4 Wordsworth was a great poet, but he was also a pompous ass. Keats was a great poet, but he was also a nervous wreck.