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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Reading English History, Reign of George III. Shakespeare's King John.'George Eliot [pseud.] William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Finished my readings in Lucretius. Reading Victor Hugo's "L'Homme qui rit". Also the Frau von Hillern's novel "Ein Arzt der Seele".'George Eliot Victor HugoL'Homme Qui RitPrint: Book
1850-1899'Desultory morning, from feebleness of head. Osservatore Fiorentino and Tenneman's Manual of Philosophy'.George Eliot Marco LastriL'Osservatore FiorentinoPrint: Book
1850-1899'Began Lastri - "Osservatore Fiorentino" - this morning, intending to go regularly through it'George Eliot [pseud] Marco LastriL'Osservatore FiorentinoPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished reading the four last volumes of the "Histoire des Ordres Religieux". Began "La Beata", a story of Florentine life by T.A. Trollope. I am also reading Sachetti'...George Eliot [pseud.] T.A. TrollopeLa BeataPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished "La Mandragola", second time reading for the sake of Florentine expressions, and began "La Calandra"'George Eliot [pseud] Bernardo Dovizi da BibbienaLa CalandraPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Herzen's "La Condizione fisica della Coscienza", sent to me at my request, because it criticizes my darling's standpoint'.George Eliot [pseud] Alexander HerzenLa Condizione fisica della CoscienzaPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'Finished "La Mandragola", second time reading for the sake of Florentine expressions, and began "La Calandra"'George Eliot [pseud] Niccolo MachiavelliLa MandragolaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read "La Tancia", and Gingenue, Roman Epic'George Eliot [pseud] Michelangelo Buonarotti the YoungerLa TanciaPrint: 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.] Dante AlighieriLa Vita NuovaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Politian's Lamia'George Eliot [pseud] PolizianoLamiaPrint: Book
1850-1899'We have been reading the last two evenings, the Christmas number of "Household Words" - "Perils of Certain English Prisoners" - by Wilkie Collins and Dickens. I am readi...George Eliot (pseud) Wilhelm Heinrich RiehlLand Und VolkPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Laocoon'.George Eliot [pseud] Gotthold Ephraim LessingLaocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Po...Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Finished Lessing's Laocoon - the most un-German of all German books that I have ever read.The style is strong clear and lively, the thoughts acute and pregnant. It is we...George Eliot [pseud] Gotthold Ephraim LessingLaocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Po...Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read "Le Moyen Age", chiefly on Popular superstitions; looking also through other parts to see if it is worth while for me to keep the work.'George Eliot [pseud.] unknownLe Moyen Age IllustrePrint: Book
1850-1899'G. dined at the Marquis de Ferriere's and I read Rameau's Neffe.'George Eliot (pseud) Denis DiderotLe Nevue de RameauPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Reading Quintus Fixlein aloud to G. in the evening. Grote on Sicilian history'.George Eliot [pseud] Jean Paul (pseud.)Leben des Quintus FixleinPrint: Book
1850-1899'During our stay [in Malvern] I read Mrs Jameson's book on the Legends of the Monastic orders... and began Marchese's Storia di San Marco'.George Eliot [pseud.] Anna JamesonLegends Of The Monastic Orders As Represented In T...Print: Book
1850-1899'Began Politian's letters, and read Giannotti on the Government of Florence'George Eliot [pseud] PolizianoLettersPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished reading "Life and Works of Goethe" with great admiration and delight.'George Eliot [pseud] George Henry LewesLife and Works of GoethePrint: Book


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