Rebel angel

the long version

All young people dream about what they want to do with their lives. But what if you've studied for six long years to be a doctor and then discover what you really want to be is ... a poet. But young Keats had never had it easy, and life didn't get any better when he was dismissed as an uneducated 'upstart Cockney poet' who came from the 'wrong side' of town. But through it all, John's sunny cheerfulness and his party-animal enjoyment of life kept him surrounded by loving friends. It was precisely when, at long last, success and recognition and love seemed within his grasp, that tragedy struck...