Author:John Ruskin,Clive Wilmer,Clive Wilmer,Clive Wilmer
First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, Unto this Last is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period. Ruskin was a profoundly conservative man who looked back to the Middle Ages as a Utopia, yet his ideas had a considerable influence on the British socialist movement. And in making his powerful moral and aesthetic case against the dangers of unhindered industrialization he was strangely prophetic. This volume shows the astounding range and depth of Ruskin's work, and in an illuminating introduction the editor reveals the consistency of Ruskin's philosophy and his adamant belief that questions of economics, art and science could not be separated from questions of morality. In Ruskin's words, 'There is no Wealth but Life.'
A brilliant writer
—— New York TimesOne of the joys of recent years is the translation into English of Stefan Zweig's stories
—— Edmund de WaalStefan Zweig was a late and magnificent bloom from the hothouse of fin de siecle Vienna
—— The Wall Street JournalZweig is one of the masters of the short story and novella, and by 'one of the masters' I mean that he's up there with Maupassant, Chekhov, James, Poe, or indeed anyone you care to name
—— Nick Lezard , GuardianA new favourite writer of mine
—— Wes AndersonPerhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any game
—— EconomistHis great achievement in short form
—— The TimesForster's prose, is, as always, clear, robust and unpretentious
—— Daily TelegraphPristine writing
—— Time OutInsightful and intelligent
—— Woman & HomeWonderfully comic and touching
—— Sunday TelegraphInterweaves a variety of thoroughly imagined life stories and predicaments with quiet, effective skill
—— Mail on SundayI have greater admiration for Margaret Forster than for most novelists. A very fine, continuously interesting, and often moving work, all the better because it is so firmly rooted in the ordinary world of everyday experience
—— ScotsmanCadwalladr also captures the desperation at the heart of most good comedy. She maintains the tragicomic balance to the end and has the confidence to chose the right, realistic ending over the wrong, romantic one
—— The Observer/ReviewA hilariously funny and moving chronical of three generations of the Monroe family told through the eyes of Rebecca in the 1970s. It is not just a habit of quoting proverbs and a recipe for sherry trifle that have passed down the maternal line. There's a habit of broken marriages, dubiously fathered children and untimely deaths.
—— EliteRebecca Monroe is really stumped when it comes to her family's behaviour. Why, on the day Charles and Camilla got married, did her mum lock herself in the loo and refuse to come out? Was it due to the collapse of her chocolate cake, or because Rebecca's grandmother ended up marrying her first cousin?
Pondering what it is that makes her clan click, Rebecca is determined to discover whether it is genes or fate that affects the different generations.
A fun little romp about the joys of family and the genes we inherit.
Touching and surprising...A moving account of the personal and social pressures that shape our childhood experiences and resonate throughout out lives
—— The Sunday TimesThis exciting first novel by a talented writer is a moving exploration of family life in the twenty-first century...You won't want to put this book down
—— My WeeklyHilariously funny and moving chronicle of three generations
—— Peterborough Evening News
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