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Traffic | John Ruskin
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'You shall have thousands of gold pieces; - thousands of thousands - millions - mountains of gold: where will you keep them?' Two of Ruskin's most powerful essays: 'Traffic' and 'The Roots of Honour' Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. John Ruskin (1819-1900). Ruskin's Unto This Last and Other Writings is available in Penguin Classics.
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TCLinrow
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Panpan

Could this guy have been any more pretentious and self righteous? If it wasnt such a short book to begin with I would have bailed. It's a lecture and an essay he wrote about architecture, morality, industry and religious beliefs through history.
Given what I know, he seems to have wilfully misinterpreted a lot of historical facts to fit his ideas too 😑
It was not an easy read, and there is no way I'd read it again.
#TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup

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Naz786
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Bailedbailed

This book was so boring. I had to force myself to finish it.

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Brie
Traffic | John Ruskin
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Mehso-so

Some good points but I found the writing style hard to follow at times. I liked the first essay, Traffic, better than the second.

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smccallum
Traffic | John Ruskin
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Mehso-so

Frustrating read. I really liked most of Ruskin's points I just thought he made them in a painful way that was unnecessarily awkward to follow. I might revisit but I'm very unsure

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smccallum
Traffic | John Ruskin
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Onto the last essay in this mini collection by penguin, hoping to like it more than the first

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smccallum
Traffic | John Ruskin
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And onto the next little black classic

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