Fors Clavigera (Volume 3 of 8) by John Ruskin
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"Fors Clavigera (Volume 3 of 8)" by John Ruskin is a series of letters published during the 1870s. Addressed to British workmen and laborers, these pamphlets explore Ruskin's moral vision of sincere labor and social reform. Inspired by mentor Thomas Carlyle, Ruskin tackles varied topics—from economic values to art criticism. The series famously includes his scathing review of Whistler's paintings, calling one work "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face,"
which sparked a notorious libel case that changed Ruskin's career. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 |
|---|---|
| Title |
Fors Clavigera (Volume 3 of 8) Letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fors_Clavigera |
| Credits |
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production |
| Subject | Conduct of life |
| Subject | Social problems |
| Subject | Aesthetics |
| Subject | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century |
| Subject | Working class -- Great Britain |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 61634 |
| Release Date | Mar 18, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 990 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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