John Ruskin
Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
February 08, 1819
Died
January 20, 1900
Genre
Influences
The King of the Golden River
497 editions
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published
1841
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On Art and Life
20 editions
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published
1853
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture
557 editions
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published
1849
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The Stones of Venice
by
231 editions
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published
1853
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Traffic (Penguin Little Black Classics, #6)
9 editions
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published
2015
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Sesame and Lilies
444 editions
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published
1865
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Unto This Last and Other Writings
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13 editions
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published
1860
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The Elements of Drawing
247 editions
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published
1857
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Unto This Last
209 editions
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published
1860
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Selected Writings
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9 editions
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1972
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“To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.”
― The Stones of Venice
― The Stones of Venice
“It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.”
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“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ”
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Polls
September 2017 Short Story Poll
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, 36 pages, 1930
A Good Man Is Hard To Find: Short Story by Flannery O'Connor, 25 pages, 1955
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, 125 pages, 1764
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, 110 pages, 1984
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy, 128 pages, 1889
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 82 pages, 1918
The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton Chekhov, 80 pages, 1899
The Swineherd by Hans Christian Andersen, 32 pages, 1841
The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin, 60 pages, 1851
The Woman of Andros by Thornton Wilder, 112 pages, 1930
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