Christina Rossetti's "A Safe Investment": Commodity Fetishism and the Problem of Materialism.

The article presents criticism of the short story "A Safe Investment" by Christina Rossetti included in her book "Commonplace and Other Stories." Topics covered are the Rossetti's interest in 19th-century material exchange, the connection of the story with the 19th-century desire, faith and theology, the moral aspect of the story focusing on the nature of true wealth and the author's narrative strategy. The link between Rossetti's work and theories of political economy by philosopher Karl Marx.