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Record Number: 11225


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'"The story of Eyes and No Eyes in Evenings at Home is intended only to illustrate the difference between inattention and vigilance, but the exercise in narration is a subsequent and separate one, it is in the lucidity, completeness and honesty of statement."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1825 and 31 Dec 1840

Country:

n/a

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:

1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer on art

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Aikin

Title:

Evenings at Home

Genre:

Children's Lit, Conduct books, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11225

Source:

Print

Author:

John Ruskin

Editor:

n/a

Title:

'Fors Infantiae' in The Works of John Ruskin on CD-Rom

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

29

Page:

503

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Ruskin, 'Fors Infantiae' in The Works of John Ruskin on CD-Rom (Cambridge, 1996), 29, p. 503, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11225, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Co-author Anna Letitia Barbauld (nee Aikin)

   
   
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