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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'.

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: George Darwin      Print: Book

 

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