Record Number: 8986

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am reading Wolfe's Prolegomena to Homer. In the evening aloud, Wilhelm Meister again!'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

From: 2 Dec 1870

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London

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:

England

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

G.H. Lewes

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Title:

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8986

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:

141

Additional Comments:

Co-editor Judith Johnston

Citation:

George Eliot [pseud], Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot, (Cambridge, 1998), p. 141, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8986, accessed: 20 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

re-reading