John Ruskin: The Early Years

by HILTON (Author)

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Hardcover
1985
$91.38

The book begins in 1859, when Ruskin is tutoring Rose La Touche, a girl of ten, with whom he slowly falls in love. Hilton recounts how this relationship developed into one of the saddest love affairs of literary history, ending in tragedy in 1875. Thereafter, says Hilton, Ruskin' s life was punctuated by bouts of insanity and despair.

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The book begins in 1859, when Ruskin is tutoring Rose La Touche, a girl of ten, with whom he slowly falls in love. Hilton recounts how this relationship developed into one of the saddest love affairs of literary history, ending in tragedy in 1875. Thereafter, says Hilton, Ruskin' s life was punctuated by bouts of insanity and despair.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 301
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 01 Jul 1985
ISBN 10: 0300032986
ISBN 13: 9780300032987

John Ruskin: The Early Years

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$91.38

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