| Evidence: | 'After reading at the Athenaeum a section of Ruskin's autobiography, "Praeterita", published in instalments between 1885 and 1889, Grant Duff reflected [in diary for 14 August 1889] that it was "an admirable specimen of its author's merits and defects ..."' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Aug 1889 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: The Athenaeum |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Grant Duff |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Ruskin |
| Title: | Praeterita |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3402 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Philip Waller | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 216 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 216, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3402, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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