Record Number: 7071

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We set off for Ilmenau by railway. I read Liszt's account of "Der Fliegende Holander" by the way.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

20 Sep 1854

Country:

Austria

Time

daytime

Place:

other location: on a train to Ilmenau

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

George Eliot (pseud)

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:

Austria

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Franz Liszt

Title:

[account of Der Fliegende Hollander - The Flying Dutchman]

Genre:

Fiction, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7071

Source:

Print

Author:

George Eliot [pseud]

Editor:

Margaret Harris

Title:

The Journals of George Eliot

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

24

Additional Comments:

Co-editor Judith Johnston

Citation:

George Eliot [pseud], Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot, (Cambridge, 1998), p. 24, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7071, accessed: 10 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None