Record Number: 3545
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter September 1857 ? 'I hope you know Miss Edgeworths ?Helen?'.
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Probably Britain, but the author did travel to Europe on extended tours
Timen/a
Place:city
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:Male
Date of Birth:8 Feb 1819
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer and art critic
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Probably Britain, but the author did travel to Europe on extended tours
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Helen
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished in 1834
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3545
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:19
Additional Comments:
From a letter written in September 1857 in Scotland to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford (text read published in 1834)
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. 19, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3545, accessed: 17 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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