Fors Clavigera (Volume 4 of 8) by John Ruskin
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"Fors Clavigera (Volume 4 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 vision of moral value in sincere labor and social reform. Drawing inspiration from his mentor Thomas Carlyle, Ruskin tackles various topics aimed at influencing social change. The series famously includes his controversial attack on James McNeill Whistler's paintings, which led to a libel case
that temporarily ended Ruskin's art criticism career. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 |
|---|---|
| Title |
Fors Clavigera (Volume 4 of 8) Letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain |
| Original Publication | United Kingdom: George Allen,1871,pubdate 1884. |
| 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: 62.4 (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. | 67544 |
| Release Date | Mar 2, 2022 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 749 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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