Record Number: 7199
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Came home and copied Goethe's discourse on Shakespeare. Read, at dinner, his wonderful observations on Spinoza. Particularly struck with the beautiful modesty of the passage in which he says he cannot presume to say that he thoroughly understands Spinoza. After coffee read aloud G's M.S. of the Leipsic and beginning of the Strasburg Period. G. finished Lear - sublimely powerful!'
Century:1850-1899
Date:24 Dec 1854
Country:Germany
Timeafternoon: at dinner
Place:city: Berlin
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:Germany
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[on Spinoza]
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:7199
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:40
Additional Comments:
Co-editor Judith Johnston
Citation:
George Eliot [pseud], Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot, (Cambridge, 1998), p. 40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7199, accessed: 10 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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