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  • The Ethics Of The Dust Ten Lectures To Little Housewives On The Elements Of Crystallization

    by John Ruskin ...
    John Ruskin, a famous English philosopher and art professional, wrote "The Ethics of the Dust" in 1866. It is the best thing he has ever executed like it. In this book, Ruskin teaches morals in a totally distinctive way: he uses the fairy world as a metaphor to teach morals to kids. There are a variety of conversations within the story between elemental beings that represent various things about ... Read more

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  • THE COMMUNISM OF JOHN RUSKIN OR “UNTO THIS LAST”; TWO LECTURES FROM “THE CROWN OF WILD OLIVE”; AND SELECTIONS FROM “FORS CLAVIGERA”

    by W. D. P. Bliss ...
    The Communism Of John Ruskin Or "Unto This Last"; Two Lectures From "The Crown Of Wild Olive"; And Selections From "Fors Clavigera" explores ideas around economic systems, social justice, and the moral responsibilities of individuals and society. The work reflects on the critique of industrial capitalism, advocating for a system where human dignity and ethical values take precedence over wealth ... Read more

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  • Complete Children Fantasy Fairy Tales Anthologies Collection (9 in 1)

    True History,Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the world,King of the Golden River,Through the Looking Glass,Water Babies,Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night,At the Back of the North Wind,Phantastes, Lilith

    by Jonathan Swift, John Ruskin, LEWIS CARROLL ...
    The King of the Golden River (1841), the history of modern fantasy literature is usually said to begin with George MacDonald, the Scottish author of such novels as The Princess and the Goblin and Phantastes (1858), the latter of which is widely considered to be the first fantasy novel ever written for adults. MacDonald was a major influence on both J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. The other major ... Read more

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    The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical reference book written by Ambrose Bierce. The book offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language, lampooning cant, and political doublespeak, as well as other aspects of human foolishness and frailty. A number of the definitions are accompanied by satiric verses, many of which are signed with comic pseudonyms such as Salder Bupp and Orm Pludge; the ... Read more

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  • Unto This Last

    by John Ruskin ...
    Unto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin, critical of the 18th and 19th century capitalist economists. When first published as four magazine articles in 1860 they were, in the words of Ruskin himself, "very violently criticized" and the publisher was forced to halt publication. But Ruskin persevered and released the four articles in this book form in 1862. Gandhi read Unto This Last in ... Read more

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  • My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun

    by Emily Dickinson ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'It's coming - the postponeless Creature'Electrifying poems of isolation, beauty, death and eternity from a reclusive genius and one of America's greatest writers.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and ... Read more

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  • The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

    by Ralph Waldo Emerson ...
    American essayist, lecturer, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement, Ralph Waldo Emerson was a champion of individualism and major critic of the prevailing society of his time. Emerson forwarded his ideology by publishing dozens of essays and giving over 1500 lectures in the United States during his lifetime. Emerson's philosophy did not espouse any specific tenets but rather promoted ... Read more

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  • John Ruskin: 25 books

    by John Ruskin ...
    This file includes: Arata Pentelici (lectures on the elemens of sculpture), Ariadne Florentina (lectures on wood and metal engraving, The Ethics of the Dust (lectures to housewives on the elements of crystallization), Giotto and His Works in Padua, Harbors of Engalnd, Hortus Incusus (messsages from the wood to the garden), A Joy Forever and Its Price on the Market, The King of the Golden River, ... Read more

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  • Unto This Last

    by John Ruskin ...
    Originally published in "Cornhill" magazine, "Unto This Last" is a series of four essays on the politics of economics. Considered by Ruskin as one of his most important works, "Unto This Last" argues that economics, art and science must have a foundation in morality. Ruskin, who cannot be strictly labeled as a liberal or conservative in his political ideology, crafts a thought-provoking exposition ... Read more

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  • Ourselves: Our Souls and Bodies

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    by Charlotte Mason ...
    'Ourselves', the fourth volume of Charlotte Mason's Classic Homeschooling Series, is a character curriculum book written directly to children. 'Book I, Self-Knowledge', is for elementary school students; 'Book II, Self-Direction', is for older students. 'Self-Knowledge' discusses our human desires and appetites; the "helpers" in our minds, such as intellect, sense of beauty, imagination, and ... Read more

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  • Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy

    by John Ruskin ...
    Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy is a collection of essays by John Ruskin, first published in 1860, that critiques the prevailing economic theories of his time and advocates for a more ethical and socially just approach to economics. The book emphasizes the importance of moral considerations in economic activity, challenging the focus on wealth accumulation and advocating for ... Read more

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  • Unto This Last and Other Writings

    by John Ruskin, Clive Wilmer ...
    First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, Unto this Last is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period. Ruskin was a profoundly conservative man who looked back to the Middle Ages as a Utopia, yet his ideas had a considerable influence on the British socialist movement. And in making his powerful moral and aesthetic ... Read more

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