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Record 3555

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Letter, 25/11/1860 - "I have opposite me at my worktable, a sketch of Rossetti's of the princess - (Parizade; the story is the last in the Arabian nights."
Century:
Date: unknown
Country: Probably Britain, but the author did travel to Europe on extended tours
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:John Ruskin
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 8 2 1819
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: writer and art critic
Religion: Christian
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Probably Britain, but the author did travel to Europe on extended tours
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Arabian Nights
Genre: Fiction, Fairy tale
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3555  
Source - Print  
  Author: John Ruskin
  Editor: Virginia Surtees
  Title: Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1972
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 38
  Additional comments: From letter dated 25/11/1860 to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford.

Citation: John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton (London, 1972), p. 38, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3555, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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