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George Darwin
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William Shakespeare : [Histories]
'The books [Uncle George] read to us were all in the romantic vein: Shakespeare's "Histories", Chaucer, Percy's "Reliques", Scott's novels'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Darwin Print: Book
Geoffrey Chaucer :
'The books [Uncle George] read to us were all in the romantic vein: Shakespeare's "Histories", Chaucer, Percy's "Reliques", Scott's novels'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Darwin Print: Book
Walter Scott : [novels]
'The books [Uncle George] read to us were all in the romantic vein: Shakespeare's "Histories", Chaucer, Percy's "Reliques", Scott's novels'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Darwin Print: Book
(ed.) Thomas Percy : Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
'The books [Uncle George] read to us were all in the romantic vein: Shakespeare's "Histories", Chaucer, Percy's "Reliques", Scott's novels'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Darwin Print: Book
Stendhal (pseud -Marie-Henri Beyle) : Le Rouge et le Noir
'[Gwen Raverat's father] was disgusted by Stendhal's "Le Rouge et le Noir" when I lent it to him; though I am still surprised that he did not appreciate the romantic fire which lies beneath Julien Sorel's somewhat unscrupulous methods of getting on in the world'.