Record Number: 28721
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 7 January 1851:
'The "Stones of Venice" seem nobly laid and chiselled. How grandly the "Quarry" of vast
marbles is disclosed! Mr Ruskin seems to me one of the few genuine writers (as distinguished
from book-makers) of this age. His earnestness even amuses me in certain passages; for I
cannot help laughing to think how utilitarians will fume and fret over his deep, serious, and
(as they will think), fanatical reverence for Art. That pure and severe mind
you ascribed to him speaks in every line. He writes like a consecrated Priest of the Abstract
and Ideal.'
1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Dec 1850 and 7 Jan 1851
Country:England
Timen/a
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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: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:21 Apr 1816
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Stones of Venice
Genre:Essays / Criticism, History, Geography / Travel, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28721
Source:n/a
Editor:Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington
Title:The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:2:3
Page:195-196
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:3, p. 195-196, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28721, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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