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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'I have taken up the idea of my drama, "The Spanish Gipsy" again, and am reading on Spanish subjects - Bouterwek, Sismondi, Depping, Llorente etc'.George Eliot [pseud.] Friedrich BouterwekGeschichte der neuern Poesie und Beredsamkeit [vol...Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I am reading Wolf's Prolegomena to Homer. In the evening aloud, Wilhelm Meister again!'.George Eliot [pseud] Friedrich August WolfProlegomena ad HomerumPrint: Book
1850-1899'The weather continues disagreeable and the streets dirty. Read Jacobi's Briefe uber Spinoza.'George Eliot [pseud] Friedrich Heinrich JacobiBriefe Uber SpinozaPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Finished Depping's "Juifs au Moyen Age". Reading Chaucer, to study English. Also, reading on acoustics, musical instruments etc'.George Eliot [pseud.] Geoffrey Chaucer[unknown]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899[Read] 'Chaucer's Prologue'.George Eliot [pseud] Geoffrey ChaucerCanterbury Tales, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Tried reading the 2nd part of Faust aloud, but gave it up, as it was too difficult for G. to follow it rapidly enough. Read a little of Gervinus on Shakespeare, but foun...George Eliot [pseud] Georg Gottfried Gervinus[on Shakespeare]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] George DennisCities and Cemeteries of Etruria, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'read G. the three first chapters of "Janet's Repentance".'George Eliot (pseud) George Eliot (pseud)Janet's RepentanceManuscript: MS of own work
1850-1899'Read my new story to G. this evening as far as the end of the third chapter. He praised it highly... I am in the Choephorae now. In the evenings we are reading "History ...George Eliot (pseud) George Eliot (pseud.)Adam BedeManuscript: MS of own novel
1850-1899'I read to G. the Proem and opening scene of my novel and he expressed great delight in them'.George Eliot [pseud] George Eliot (pseud.)RomolaManuscript: Sheet, MS of novel
1850-1899'Read aloud what I had written of Part IX to George, and he to my surprize entirely approved it'.George Eliot [pseud] George Eliot (pseud.)RomolaManuscript: Sheet, MS of novel
1850-1899'Read my 2nd Act to George. It is written in verse - my first serious attempt at blank verse. G. praises and encourages me'.George Eliot [pseud] George Eliot (pseud.)The Spanish GipsyManuscript: Sheet, MS of own work
1850-1899'Read my MS to George up to p.468. He was delighted with it'.George Eliot [pseud.] George Eliot (pseud.)Felix HoltManuscript: Unknown, MS of own novel
1850-1899'Looked at the chronicle of the conquest of the Morea yesterday, and into Finlay's "History of Medieval Greece"'George Eliot George FinlayA History of GreecePrint: Book
1850-1899'Reading; First book of Lucretius, 6th book of the Iliad; Samson Agonistes, Warton's History of English Poetry; Grote 2nd vol; Marcus Aurelius; Vita Nuova; vol IV, Chapte...George Eliot [pseud.] George GroteunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read the articles Phoenicia and Carthage in Ancient Geography. Looked into Smith's "Universal History" again for Carthaginian religion. Looked into Sismondi's "Litteratu...George Eliot [pseud] George Grote[probably] History of GreecePrint: Book
1850-1899'Reading Quintus Fixlein aloud to G. in the evening. Grote on Sicilian history'.George Eliot [pseud] George Grote[on Sicilian History]Print: Book
1850-1899'Grote on the Sophists - then History of Philosophy to compare'George Eliot [pseud] George Grote[probably] History of GreecePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Grote on the Sophists'.George Eliot [pseud] George GroteHistory of GreecePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read the Shaving of Shagpat'.George Eliot [pseud.] George MeredithThe Shaving of Shagpat: An Arabian EntertainmentPrint: Book


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