Evidence: | ?The library of the Mechanics' Institute gave me the opportunity to read some books which were then new to me, among them being, I remember, "Adam Bede", and other of George Eliot?s novels. My appetite for Ruskin had been whetted by his "Unto this Last", which I had read with care and keen appreciation. Ruskin?s works were at the time beyond the reach of my slender purse. Now I read with delight his "Crown of Wild Olive", his "Sesame and Lilies", and other of his smaller books. These, together with his "Modern Painters", I soon afterwards added to my own little library, as well as a complete set of George Eliot?s works. Next to Wordsworth I do not think any writer has influenced me more deeply and more healthily than Ruskin.? |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Northumberland | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Thomas Burt |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 12 Nov 1837 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | Pitman, later MP |
Religion: | Methodist |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Ruskin |
Title: | Modern Painters |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) Mechanics' Institute library, later purchased |
Record ID: | 6965 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Burt | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1924 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 189-90 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas Burt, Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography (London, 1924), p. 189-90, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6965, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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