The Life of John Ruskin: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life of John Ruskin, credited to William Gershom Collingwood, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Life of John Ruskin by William Gershom Collingwood. Read in English by Xiaoyan Arrowsmith; istDG W. G. Collingwood became a student of John Ruskin in 1872 when he started his study in University College, Oxford. For many years he dedicated himself to helping Ruskin as his resident assistant. In 1883 he settled near to Ruskin in the Lake District. Collingwood edited a number of Ruskin's texts and published a biography of Ruskin "The Life and Work of John Ruskin" in two volumes in 1893, which in many ways remains the best biography of Ruskin. In 1900, Collingwood published a shortened and thoroughly reworked version of it, "The Life of John Ruskin". This book is its seventh edition.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life of John Ruskin
• Author credits: William Gershom Collingwood
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 41
• Listed recording duration: 11:44:07

Catalogue topics

• biography

Opening tracks: first 24 of 41

1. 00 - PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION — 2:04
2. 01 - BOOK I - THE BOY POET I.HIS ANCESTORS — 17:17
3. 02 - BOOK I - THE BOY POET II.THE FATHER OF THE MAN (1819-1825) — 18:10
4. 03 - BOOK I - THE BOY POET III.PERFERVIDUM INGENIUM (1826-1830) — 11:14
5. 04 - BOOK I - THE BOY POET IV.MOUNTAIN-WORSHIP (1830-1835) — 32:39
6. 05 - BOOK I - THE BOY POET V.THE GERM OF "MODERN PAINTERS" (1836) — 12:17
7. 06 - BOOK I - THE BOY POET VI.A LOVE-STORY (1836-1839) — 10:37
8. 07 - BOOK I - THE BOY POET VII."KATA PHUSIN" (1837-1838) — 14:12
9. 08 - BOOK I - THE BOY POET VIII.SIR ROGER NEWDIGATE'S PRIZE (1837-1839) — 12:08
10. 09 - BOOK I - THE BOY POET IX."THE BROKEN CHAIN" (1840-1841) — 13:40
11. 10 - BOOK I - THE BOY POET X.THE GRADUATE OF OXFORD (1841-1842) — 10:27
12. 11 - BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC I."TURNER AND THE ANCIENTS" (1842-1844) — 12:47
13. 12 - BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC II.CHRISTIAN ART (1845-1847) — 22:43
14. 13 - BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC III."THE SEVEN LAMPS" (1847-1849) — 24:41
15. 14 - BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC IV."STONES OF VENICE" (1849-1851) — 21:09
16. 15 - BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC V.PRE-RAPHAELITISM (1851-1853) — 21:13
17. 16 - BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC VI.THE EDINBURGH LECTURES (1853-1854) — 15:44
18. 17 - BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC VII.THE WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE (1854-1855) — 14:29
19. 18 - BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC VIII."MODERN PAINTERS" CONTINUED (1855-1856) — 19:50
20. 19 - BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC IX."THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ART" (1857-1858) — 19:44
21. 20 - BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC X."MODERN PAINTERS" CONCLUDED (1858-1860) — 13:02
22. 21 - BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC I."UNTO THIS LAST" (1860-1861) — 16:43
23. 22 - BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC II."MUNERA PULVERIS" (1862) — 11:53
24. 23 - BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC III.THE LIMESTONE ALPS (1863) — 7:58

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