Record Number: 25772

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Looking at Galiffe's tour - he has a curious theory that the language of old Rome was Russian.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

21 Jan 1841

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Pozzuoli

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Ruskin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

8 Feb 1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

art critic and social critic

Religion:

Church of England (evangelical)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Galiffe

Title:

Italy and its inhabitants: an account of a tour in that country in 1816 and 1817

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25772

Source:

Print

Author:

John Ruskin

Editor:

Joan Evans

Title:

The diaries of John Ruskin

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1956

Vol:

1

Page:

144

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Ruskin, Joan Evans (ed.), The diaries of John Ruskin, (Oxford, 1956), 1, p. 144, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25772, accessed: 24 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None