Record Number: 21330
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Gissing read as widely as ever, with the same unbridled curiosity as during his youth but now with an intelligence tempered by experience. Of course he continued to read the Latin, Greek, English and French classics, but of the particular titles he noted in his diary during the second part of 1889 there are a number that indicate fairly and squarely the direction in which his thoughts were carrying him. Besides books like J.P. Jacobsen's "Niels Lyhne" and Frederick [sic]Bremer's "Hertha", he also read Taine's "English Literature", Bourget's "Etudes et Portraits" as well as the "Essais Psychologiques", A.H. Buck's "Treatise on Hygiene", W. B. Carpenter's "Principles of Mental Physiology" and the books he just mentions as Ribot's "Hereditie".'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jul 1889 and 31 Dec 1889
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: probably London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:22 Nov 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:author
Religion:none
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Études et portraits
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21330
Source:Michael Collie
Editor:n/a
Title:George Gissing. A Biography
Place of Publication:Folkestone
Date of Publication:1977
Vol:n/a
Page:105
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Michael Collie, George Gissing. A Biography, (Folkestone, 1977), p. 105, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21330, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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