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Anna Blunden

 

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John Ruskin : The Elements of Drawing

Letter B 14 - Postmark 6/12/1857 - "I can't answer at length till Monday. But you are quite right about the graver want of the book. [The Elements of Drawing, which had been published in June]. The appalling character of it is only to young ladies who think of drawing as mere recreation - assuredly no more work is asked than about half what they give to piano."

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Anna Blunden      Print: Book

  

Edmund Spencer : The Faerie Queen

Letter B 24 - 20/10/1858 - "There was some nonsense in your long letter about Britomart and Una. Both of them were in love with the man they were to marry, and loved them."

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Anna Blunden      Print: Book

  

Elizabeth Barrett Browining : Aurora Leigh

Letter B 28 - Postmark 27/10/1858 - "The fit you took about the slavery arose not only owing to Aurora Leigh, but from your not understanding the proper use of the word."

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Anna Blunden      Print: Book

  

John Ruskin : Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds

Letter B 71 - 3/9/1860 - "I have now your interesting letter about the Sheep-folds. I think you are right about the title, but I do not care about re-publishing the thing just now. We are on the eve of disturbances in the church which will supersede all such discussions by a general crash, out of which common sense will recover without getting its head broken."

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Anna Blunden      

 

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