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Sesame and Lilies

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Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin

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Kings' treasuries are libraries, queens' gardens are homes: Ruskin's two most famous lectures argue that reading and womanhood both carry royal responsibilities. Added here is The Mystery of Life and Its Arts, his darker third lecture. The best-selling thing he ever published, assigned to generations of students. Victorian prose at its organ-toned peak.

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7 chapters

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