√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1700-1799 "On 27 Feb. 1799, W[ordsworth] told [S. T.] C[oleridge] that 'My internal prejudge[ments con]cerning Wieland and Goethe ... were ... the result of no negligent perusal of... William Wordsworth Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Manuscript : UnknownUnknown1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 12 October 1817: 'I heard Mr. Lewis translate verbally some scenes of Goethe's Faust ... last Summer ...' Matthew Gregory Lewis Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Faust Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 7 June 1820: '[Goethe's] Faust I never read -- for I don't know German -- but Matthew Monk Lewis in 1816 at Coligny translated most of it to me viva... Matthew Gregory Lewis Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Faust Print : Book1800-1849 Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 12 January 1821: 'I have read ... much less of Goethe, and Schiller, and Wieland, than I could wish. I only know th... George Gordon Lord Byron Johann Wolfgang von Goethe unknown Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 22 July 1823, thanking him for 'lines' forwarded by Charles Sterling and received at Leghorn: ' ... [I] arrived here ... this morning... George Gordon Lord Byron Johann Wolfgang von Goethe unknown Manuscript : Letter1900-1945 '"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage o... Frank Argent Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Print : Book1800-1849 'Except a brief visit to Ruthwell, I have scarcely been from home since my arrival - my excursions in the world of literature have scarcely been wider... With respect to ... Thomas Carlyle Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Faust Print : Book1850-1899 'Bookbinder Frederick Rogers read Faust "through from beginning to end, not because I was able at sixteen to appreciate Goethe, but because I was interested in the Devil"... Frederick Rogers Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Faust Print : Book1850-1899 Leon Edel, introducing Henry James's letters from 1869-70: " [James] traveled in 1869, reading Goethe, Stendhal, the President de Brosses and Hawthorne." Henry James Johann Wolfgang von Goethe unknown Print : Book1850-1899 '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 '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 '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] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship 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 : Unknown1850-1899 'Began the Italianische Reise.' George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Italianische Reise Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Read Italianische Reise - Residence in Naples. Pretty passage about a star seen through a chink in the ceiling as he lay in bed. G. read Henry IV' George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Italianische Reise Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'The other afternoon, as I was lying dozing in a brown study after dinner, a lord's lackey knocked at the door and delivered me a little blue parcel, requiring for it a n... Thomas Carlyle Johann Wolfgang von Goethe private letter Manuscript : Letter1850-1899 'Read Hermann and Dorothea - 4 first books. G read 2nd Part of Henry IV'. George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Hermann and Dorothea Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'I began to read aloud the Wanderjahre'. George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'Came home and copied Goethe's discourse on Shakespeare. Read, at dinner, his wonderful observations on Spinoza. Particularly struck with the beautiful modesty of the pas... George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [discourse on Shakespeare] Print : BookManuscript : Unknown
