√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1850-1899 'When the cigars came, Hoffmann was requested to read some of his poetry, and he gave us a bacchanalian poem with great spirit... little rain sent us into the house, and ... George Eliot (pseud) [a french artist] [his own poems] Manuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'I read the Kestner letters at Ilmenau.' George Eliot (pseud) unknown 'Kestner letters' Print : Unknown1850-1899 'We set off for Ilmenau by railway. I read Liszt's account of "Der Fliegende Holander" by the way.' George Eliot (pseud) Franz Liszt [account of Der Fliegende Hollander - The Flying D... Print : Unknown1850-1899 'In the morning I partly condensed Liszt's article on Meyerbeer for the Vivian paper. In the evening walked and read aloud the Wahlverwandtschaften.' George Eliot (pseud) Franz Liszt [article on Meyerbeer] Manuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'In the morning I partly condensed Liszt's article on Meyerbeer for the Vivian paper. In the evening walked and read aloud the Wahlverwandtschaften.' George Eliot (pseud) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Die Wahlverwandtschaften Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'G. dined at the Marquis de Ferriere's and I read Rameau's Neffe.' George Eliot (pseud) Denis Diderot Le Nevue de Rameau Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Began to read Egmont after dinner, then "The Hoggarty Diamond".' George Eliot (pseud) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [probably] Egmont Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Began to read Egmont after dinner, then "The Hoggarty Diamond".' George Eliot [pseud] William Makepeace Thackeray The Great Hoggarty Diamond Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Bad headache all day. Gross Cophta in the evening. Looked through Moore's Life of Sheridan in the morning - a first rate specimen of bad biographical writing' George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Gross Cophta Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Bad headache all day. Gross Cophta in the evening. Looked through Moore's Life of Sheridan in the morning - a firstrate specimen of bad biographical writing' George Eliot [pseud] Thomas Moore Memoirs of the Life of Sheridan Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'I read Gotz in the morning. In the afternoon, Liszt, the Marquis de Ferriere and Mr Marshall sat with us. Walked, read the "Burgergeneral", and chatted with Mr M. again ... George Eliot [pseud] possibly Johann Nikolaus Gotz [if this Gotz, then poetry] Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'I read Gotz in the morning. In the afternoon, Liszt, the Marquis de Ferriere and Mr Marshall sat with us. Walked, read the "Burgergeneral", and chatted with Mr M. again ... George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Der Burgergeneral Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Began translating Spinoza's Ethics... Read Wilhelm Meister aloud in the evening' George Eliot [pseud] Benedictus de Spinoza Ethics Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Began translating Spinoza's Ethics... Read Wilhelm Meister aloud in the evening' George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Read Vehse's Weimar in the evening'. George Eliot [pseud] Carl Eduard Vehse Der Hof zu Weimar Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Fraulein Assing, Varnhagen's niece, lent me a volume of Heine's poems. I read aloud "Donna Clara" and then Wilhelm Meister till 10'. George Eliot [pseud] Heinrich Heine "Donna Clara" Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'I read Wilhelm Meister aloud, and then G. read part of the Merchant of Venice' George Henry Lewes William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'I read Heine's poems; wrote a few recollections of Weimar and translated Genealogical Tables of the Goethe family'. George Eliot [pseud] Heinrich Heine poems Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Read Laocoon'. George Eliot [pseud] Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Po... Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'In the evening we went to Spargnapini's, and had some chocolate and read the papers. G. finished reading allowed (sic) the Merchant of Venice, and I the first vol. of Wi... George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Print : BookManuscript : Unknown
