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Record Number: 7490


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have begun the Eumenides, having finished the Choephorae. We are reading Wordsworth in the evenings - at least G. is reading him to me'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 20 Jan 1858

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Richmond

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

George Henry Lewes

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Apr 1817

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

George Eliot


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Wordsworth

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

7490

Source:

Print

Author:

George Eliot (pseud.)

Editor:

Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston

Title:

The Journals of George Eliot

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

73

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Eliot (pseud.), Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 73, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7490, accessed: 19 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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