Record Number: 3566
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Ford Cottage, July 18th, 1865. Have you read Ruskin's "Sesame and Lilies", his two last lectures? The book sent me to bed so unhappy, that all was wrong and out of joint, and he does not help one to mend it."
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader:Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1818
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Great Lady, painted and drew - charitable work with emphasis on education of poor children
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England (born in Paris, British Embassy)
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Sesame and Lilies
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Science, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1865
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3566
Source: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:65
Additional Comments:
This letter is quoted in the editor's footnote to Ruskin's letter to the Marchioness (W 50, 12 October 1865).
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. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3566, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Editor's footnote: The Story of two Noble Lives, being Memorials of Charlotte, Countess Canning, and Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Augustus J. C. Hare, 3 vols, London, George Allen, 1893.
