Record Number: 7231

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'we went to hear the reading of Gruppe's Ferdusi. But the reading was bad and the room insufferably hot. So we came away and read Shakspeare (sic) at home'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

23 Jan 1855

Country:

Germany

Time

evening

Place:

city: Berlin

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:

Listener:

George Eliot

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

public reading; G.H. Lewes was also there.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[Prof] Gruppe

Title:

Ferdusi

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: UnknownUnknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
public reading

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7231

Source:

Print

Author:

George Eliot

Editor:

Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston

Title:

The Journals of George Eliot

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

44

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Eliot, Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot, (Cambridge, 1998), p. 44, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7231, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None