Record Number: 7503
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The "Prometheus" in the morning'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:10 Feb 1858
Country:England
Timemorning
Place:city: Richmond
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:Female
Date of Birth:22 Nov 1819
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Prometheus
Genre:Classics, Drama, drama, if it is Aeschlyus
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:7503
Source:George Eliot (pseud.)
Editor:Margaret Harris
Title:The Journals of George Eliot
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:n/a
Page:73
Additional Comments:
Co-editor Judith Johnston
Citation:
George Eliot (pseud.), Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot, (Cambridge, 1998), p. 73, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7503, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Given Eliot's other reading at this time the Aeschlyus play is the most likely Prometheus, rather than e.g. Goethe's, Byron's or Shelley's poems.