The genius of John Ruskin

the long version

Excerpts of John Ruskin's writings, with an overall introduction and separate introductions to five sections representing key aspects of Ruskin's life and work -- art, architecture, society (industrialization and British society, including "Unto This Last"), solitude (Ruskin's later period of intellectual isolation), and self (Ruskin's autobiography, "Praeterita"). The book also includes a chronology of Ruskin's life and a bibliography of works about Ruskin with editor's comments on their significance.