Record Number: 3651
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter B 23 - Postmark 15/10/1858 - "Cease reading my books for the present - there are a thousand as good - and many better. Read Aubrey de Vere's if you like - there's plenty of enthusiasm in them of the kind you like."
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Probably England, but reader travelled extensively
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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:Unknown
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 England, but reader travelled extensively
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Poetry, Crafts
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3651
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:98
Additional Comments:
From the editor's footnote: "Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902)..., whose poetic vision, tinged with a love of chivalry and romance, was founded on religious themes." From letter to Anna Blunden (15/10/1858).
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. 98, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3651, accessed: 25 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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