Effie in Venice: unpublished letters of Mrs. John Ruskin written from Venice between 1849 and 1852: Effie Ruskin's Letters Home 1849 and 1852 - Softcover

Ruskin, Euphemia Chalmers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1873429339 ISBN 13: 9781873429334

Publisher: Pallas Athene, 2001

Synopsis

In 1849, and again in 1852, the celebrated art critic John Ruskin took his young wife Effie to Venice. While he was busy writing books that were to define the Victorian ideal, Effie explored Venice with growing freedom and independence of thought. Her letters home, discovered and edited by biographer Mary Lutyens, are an enchanting evocation of a special moment in the history of Venice as well as the history of art.

About this title

About the Author:

Effie Gray was born in 1928 and married John Ruskin when she was twenty. Their brief marriage was to end in divorce for non-consummation, but not before they had twice travelled to Venice. Effie absconded in 1850, jumping off a train and eventually marrying John Everett Millias. She died in 1897.

Mary Lutyens was born in 1909, the fourth daughter of Sir Edwin Lutyens. A novelist, historian and biographer, her works include 'To Be Young', an account of her youth in the conjoined circles of her father and Krishnamurti, two other volumes on the world of Ruskin, 'Millias and the Ruskins' and 'The Ruskins and the Grays', as well as a biography of her father. She was married to J.G. Links, the furrier, detective novelist, art historian and author of 'Venice for Pleasure'. She died in 1999.

Synopsis:

John Ruskin took his young wife to Venice in 1849 and again in 1852. While he was busy writing books, Effie explored Venice with growing freedom and independence of thought. Her letters home, discovered and edited by Mary Lutyens, are published here.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pallas Athene
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1873429339
• ISBN 13: 9781873429334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354
• Editor: Lutyens Mary