Record Number: 8797
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Read the articles Phoenicia and Carthage in Ancient Geography. Looked into Smith's "Universal History" again for Carthaginian religion. Looked into Sismondi's "Litterature du Midi", for Roman de Rose, and ran through the first chapter, about the formation of the Romance Languages. Read about the Thallogens and Acrogens in "the Vegetable World". Drayton's Nymphidia - a charming poem. A few pages of his Polyolbion. Re-read Grote v-vii on Sicilian affairs down to rise of Dionysius'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:16 Jul 1869
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Vegetable World, The
Genre:Science, Natural history, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8797
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:136
Additional Comments:
Co-editor Judith Johnston
Citation:
George Eliot [pseud], Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot, (Cambridge, 1998), p. 136, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8797, accessed: 13 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None