The three volumes that comprise a set are facsimile reproductions of contemporary biographical material. They include letters, memoirs, poems and articles on three outstanding Victorian literary persons: John Ruskin, Elzabeth Gaskell and the Carlyles.
Ruskin grew up in suburban London; in later life, he settled in the Lake District
Collected here are the biographies which revealed aspects of their subjects that the more favourable "official" accounts tended to hide
Collected here are the biographies which revealed aspects of their subjects that the more favourable "official" accounts tended to hide