On Art and Life

by John Ruskin

He had the idea that mass-produced items were un-Christian and diminished the soul of man.

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On Art and Life

by John Ruskin

Other books by John Ruskin

King of the Golden River by John Ruskin, illustrated by Quentin Blake

The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin

Our most recommended books

Middlemarch by George Eliot

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book) by Mary Shelley

The Odyssey by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson

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King of the Golden River
by John Ruskin, illustrated by Quentin Blake

The Stones of Venice
by John Ruskin

Middlemarch
by George Eliot

On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill

War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy

Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book)
by Mary Shelley

The Odyssey
by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson