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Sesame and Lilies — John Ruskin

Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 116 pages

Sesame and Lilies is a collection of lectures and essays by John Ruskin on reading, education, and the moral and social role of women. It reflects on how books should be read and what culture owes to home life and art. Listeners may value its thoughtful Victorian prose and its questions about learning and responsibility.

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Contents

  1. SESAME AND LILIES
  2. Contents
  3. Preface to the Later Editions
  4. Lecture I. Sesame. Of King’s Treasuries
  5. Lecture II. Lilies. Of Queens’ Gardens
  6. Lecture III. The Mystery of Life and its Arts
  7. Footnotes.
  8. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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