Record Number: 7205
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Read at dinner Goethe's account of his relations with Herder at Strasburg in "Dichtung und Warheit". Continued aloud Heine's "Salon". G. read Knight's studies of Shakspeare. Twaddling in the extreme'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:28 Dec 1854
Country:Germany
Timeevening
Place:city: Berlin
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:18 Apr 1817
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer and philosopher
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Germany
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
George Eliot
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[studies of Shakespeare]
Genre:Drama, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Education
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:7205
Source:George Eliot
Editor:Margaret Harris
Title:The Journals of George Eliot
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:n/a
Page:40
Additional Comments:
Co editor Judith Johnston
Citation:
George Eliot, Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot, (Cambridge, 1998), p. 40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7205, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None