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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849In journal entry for Wednesday 25 May, Claire Clairmont transcribes stanzas 28 and 29 from Canto II of The King's Quair, by James I of Scotland.Claire Clairmont King James I of ScotlandThe King's QuairPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday May [...] 27th. [...] After dinner read Die Cypressenkranze de la Baronne la Motte Fouque.'Claire Clairmont Friedrich Heinrich Karl Baron de la Motte FouqueDie CypressenkranzePrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday May [...] 30th. [...] After dinner Mr. Gambs reads aloud his tale of Skold. It pleases me very much -- Its principal charm is the naturalness of [...] its desc...Claire Clairmont Chretien-Hermann GambsSkoldUnknown
1800-1849'Wednesday [...] June 1st. [...] I unpack and arrange my things [on arrival at employers' country property and read a little of Wilhelm Meister.' [readings from this...Claire Clairmont GoetheWilhelm Meister's LehrjahrePrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday [...] June 1st. [...] After dinner M. Gambs reads aloud the 3, 4, 5, and 6th. Canto of Moses [goes on to comment upon this text in detail].'Claire Clairmont Chretien-Hermann GambsMoses (Cantos 3, 4, 5, 6)Unknown
1800-1849'Saturday [...] June 4th. [...] After dinner [...] M.G. [i.e. Chretien-Hermann Gambs] reads to me Schiller's Wallenstein.' Claire Clairmont J. C. F. von SchillerWallensteinPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday [...] June 8th. [...] I read Wallenstein and give my lessons.' [readings in this text also recorded in journal entries for 9, 13, 15, 17, 26 June 1825, wit...Claire Clairmont J. C. F. von SchillerWallensteinPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday June [...] 24th. Early in the morning receive a letter from Mr. Baxter with a number of Blackwood's Magazine and some Edinburgh Newspapers. Read them all day.'Claire Clairmont Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Sunday June [...] 19th. [...] Read the Revolt of Islam with M.G. [i.e. friend Chretien-Hermann Gambs]'. [readings from this text also recorded in journal entries fo...Claire Clairmont Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe Revolt of IslamPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday June [...] 29th. [...] Begin Mendelsohn's [sic] translation of Plato's Phaedon. and Memoirs of Marmontel.' Claire Clairmont Plato PhaedonPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday June [...] 29th. [...] Begin Mendelsohn's [sic] translation of Plato's Phaedon. and Memoirs of Marmontel.' [further readings from latter text recorded in...Claire Clairmont MarmontelMemoirsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday [...] July 11th. [...] Read Der ewige Jude by Schubart, the translation of which is in the Notes of Queen Mab.'Claire Clairmont C. F. D. Schubart'Die ewige Jude: Ein lyrische Rhapsodie'Print: Unknown
1800-1849'Friday July [...] 29th. [...] Read Travels in Germany.'Claire Clairmont unknown'Travels in Germany'Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday [...] August 4th. [...] Read Life of Gothe [sic], Lecture on Modern History by M. Gambs.' [records finishing Goethe on 9 August 1825].Claire Clairmont unknownLife of GoethePrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday [...] August 4th. [...] Read Life of Gothe [sic], Lecture on Modern History by M. Gambs.'Claire Clairmont Chretien-Hermann GambsLecture on Modern HistoryUnknown
1800-1849'Friday August [...] 19th. [...] Read Le Distrait by Regnier [sic].'Claire Clairmont Jean Francois RegnardLe DistraitPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday August [...] 25th. [...] After dinner I take up the Newspaper by accident and read there an account of a duel between Trelawny [close friend] and another engl...Claire Clairmont newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Wednesday Sept. [...] 14th. [...] After dinner play with the children, & read Rollin. After tea [...] read Catholic deputation with Mr. Gambs in Hessey & Taylor's Mon...Claire Clairmont Charles RollinunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday Sept. [...] 14th. [...] After dinner play with the children, & read Rollin. After tea [...] read Catholic deputation with Mr. Gambs in Hessey & Taylor's Mon...Claire Clairmont review of Shute, Lord Bishop of Sarum, A Letter to...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Sunday September 25th. [...] After breakfast [...] the newspapers were put by Catherine Ivanovna into my hand -- I glanced over them hastily as is my custom to see if ...Claire Clairmont newspaperPrint: Newspaper


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