'I am reading lots (Benvenuto Cellini?s autobiography) ? playing lots of music - & it makes life much easier.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Britten Print: BookManuscript: Letter
'To amuse myself during this journey I brought the life of the eccentric Benvenuto Cellini to read in the chaise etc. as we travelled.'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Book
'Saturday [...] January 7th. [...] Begin reading Gothe's translation of Benvenuto Cellini's
Memoirs.'
[records another reading from this text, with Chretien-Hermann Gambs, in journal entry for 8
January 1826].
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Claire Clairmont Print: Book
One can say of the more reticent British that, as
you come to know them, some are discovered and
some are found out. My father was of those who
are discovered. 'The Times' came to him
regularly, and he had a small shelf of books
which he read over and over, admitting a newcomer
now and then, after much deliberation. The whole
of George Borrow and of Charles Darwin, Hodson of
Hodson's Horse, Buckle's 'History of
Civilization', White's 'Selborne', Benvenuto
Cellini, and Sismondi's Italian Republics are
what I remember.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Stark Print: Book
