Record Number: 30321

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

''I have been reading Waldstein's ''Ruskin''. The admiring part I did not feel up to, but the chapter on social questions delights me as speaking so strongly of his narrow want of sympathy...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1894 and 5 Nov 1894

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Emma Darwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 May 1808

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles Waldstein

Title:

The Work of John Ruskin: Its influence on Modern Thought and Life.

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1894

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30321

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Henrietta Litchfield

Title:

Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1915

Vol:

V2

Page:

303

Additional Comments:

Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta, 5. November 1894.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896 (New York, 1915), V2, p. 303, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=30321, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None