the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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August H.J. Lafontaine : Carl Engelmann's Tagebuch

'Shelley's 24th birthday. Write read [underlined] tableau de famille [end underlining] - go out with Shelley in the boat & read aloud to him the fourth book of Virgil - after dinner we go up to Diodati but return soon - I read Curt. with Shelley and finish the 1st vol. after which we go out in the boat to set up the baloon but there is too much wind. We set it up from the land but it takes fire as soon as it is up - I finish the Reveries of Rousseau. Shelley reads and finishes Pliny's letters. & begins the panegyric of Trajan'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin      Print: Book

August H.J. Lafontaine : Walther oder das Kind vom Schlachtfeld

'read Walther and some of Rienzi'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin      Print: Book

August H.J. Lafontaine : Walther oder das Kind vom Schlachtfeld

'Write and finish Walther - In the evening I go out in the boat with Shelley - and he afterwards goes up to Diodati - begin one of Madame de Genlis novels - Shelley finishes Tacitus'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin      Print: Book

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