| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1800-1849
1850-1899 | 'like the great man [Carlyle] himself, [Mary Smith] studied Fichte, Schiller and Goethe'. | Mary Smith | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller | | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799
1800-1849 | "[S. T.] C[oleridge] stayed up until one o'clock in the morning to read Tytler's translation of The Robbers ... " | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller | The Robbers | Print: Book |
| | 'On 16 March 1840 W[ordsworth] told [Henry Crabb] Robinson that "C[oleridge]. translated the 2nd part of Wallenstein u... | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller | The Death of Wallenstein | Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 20 February 1814: ' ... redde the Robbers.' | George Gordon Lord Byron | Johann Christoph von Schiller | The Robbers | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Byron to Augusta Leigh, 20 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"), on evening arrival at inn: 'nine o clock -- going to bed... | George Gordon Lord Byron | Johann Christoph von Schiller | unknown | Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | Byron to John Murray, 2 April 1817, having observed upon preservation of black veil over Falieri's picture, and the st... | George Gordon Lord Byron | Johan Christoph von Schiller | Geisterseher | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | '[the father of C.H. Rolph] read diligently through a list of the "Hundred Best Books" compiled in 1886 by Sir John Lu... | | Friedrich Schiller | William Tell | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 12 January 1821: 'I have read ... much less of Goethe, and Schil... | George Gordon Lord Byron | Schiller | unknown | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 20 August 1800: 'Read Wallenstein and sent it off ...' | Dorothy Wordsworth | Friedrich von Schiller | Wallenstein (in translation by S. T. Coleridge) | Manuscript: Sheet |
| 1900-1945 | 'Weaver-novelist William Holt extolled the standard greats ("Noble Carlyle; virtuous Tolstoi; wise Bacon; jolly Rabela... | William Holt | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller | | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, from home of host family in Bonn, Sunday 5 August 1860: "[on Wednesday morning] ... | Henry James | Friedrich von Schiller | Maria Stuart | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | From Chronology: Hemans's Life and Publications: '[in 1824] F[elicia] H[emans] studies German (Schiller, Herder, and G... | Felicia Hemans | Friedrich von Schiller | unknown | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have translated a portion of Schiller's History of the thirty years war (it is all about Gustavus and the fellow-so... | Thomas Carlyle | Friedrich Schiller | Geschichte des dreissigj?hrigen Kriegs | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'The colossal "Wallenstein" and Thekla the angelical, and Max her impetuous lofty-minded lover are all gone to rest; I... | Thomas Carlyle | Friedrich Schiller | Wallenstein | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | [27th December]'I took my lessons and learnt part of a superb tragedy in german called "Don Carlos" with Mr Jaegle.'
... | Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne | Friedrich Schiller | Don Carlos in German | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database ... | Mary Godwin | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller | Don Carlos | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for ... | Mary Godwin | Johann Friedrich von Schiller | Der Geisterseher | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East...: not much of books not connected wi... | Mountstuart Elphinstone | [Friedrich] Schiller | The robbers [and two other plays] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I thought to rise at five on Thursday morning, but fatigue made my head bad. I slept till nine - I opened "Mary Stew... | Jane Baillie Welsh | Friedrich Schiller | Mary Stewart | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Friday Feb. 9th. [...] Read Das Geheimniss one of Schiller's minor Poems.' | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | 'Das Geheimniss' | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Saturday Feb. 10th. [...] Read Das Gluck a poem by Schiller.' | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | 'Das Gluck' | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Sunday Feb. 11th. [...] Read Das Lied von der Glocke by Schiller.'
[further/other readings of this text (or sessio... | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Das Lied von der Glocke | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Thursday March. 15th. [...] Begin the Hero & Leander of Schiller.'
[reading from this text also recorded in journa... | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Hero und Leander | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Friday March 23rd. [...] Read Der Gang nach dem [...] Eisenhammer -- von Schiller.'
[further readings from this te... | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Der Gang nach dem Eisenhammer | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Monday April 2nd. [...] Read Der Ring des Polycrates.' | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Der Ring des Polycrates | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Thursday April 5th. Begin Der Kampf mit dem Drachen von Schiller.'
[readings from this text also recorded on 7 an... | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Der Kampf mit dem Drachen | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Saturday [...] April 14th. [[...] Read Die Zerstorung von Troia, freie [...] Ubersetzung der
zweiten Buchs der Aene... | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Die Zerstorung von Troja | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Sunday August 5th. [...] Begin Cabale und Liebe [sic] of Schiller.'
[also records reading this text on 6, 10, 11, ... | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Kabale und Liebe | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Saturday Oct 6th. [...] Begin Johanna D'Arc [i.e. Die Jungfrau von Orleans] von Schiller.'
[also records reading t... | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Die Jungfrau von Orleans | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Thursday Oct. 11th. Read Johanna D'Arc [i.e. Die Jungfrau von Orleans] with S--
[...]
'Saturday Oct. 13th. [..... | Claire Clairmont and Percy Bysshe Shelley | J. C. F. von Schiller | Die Jungfrau von Orleans | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Saturday [...] June 4th. [...] After dinner [...] M.G. [i.e. Chretien-Hermann Gambs] reads to me
Schiller's Wallens... | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Wallenstein | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Wednesday [...] June 8th. [...] I read Wallenstein and give my lessons.'
[readings in this text also recorded in ... | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Wallenstein | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Thursday October [...] 27 [...] Read Schillers Ghost [...] Seer.'
[also records reading this text on 28 October 1825] | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | The Ghost-Seer | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Monday Novbr. [...] 28th. [...] After dinner read Ibycus & Die Kraniche with Midge [i.e.
Chretien-Hermann Gambs] ['... | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | Die Kraniche des Ibykus | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Monday [...] Dec. 12th. [...] read some of Schiller's riddles'. | Claire Clairmont | J. C. F. von Schiller | riddles | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Elizabeth Barrrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 19 August 1837:
'I scarcely ever do anything -- in the way of [italics]b... | Elizabeth Barrett | J. C. F. von Schiller | Die Jungfrau von Orleans | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Elizabeth Barrrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 19 August 1837:
'I scarcely ever do anything -- in the way of [italics]b... | Elizabeth Barrett | J. C. F. von Schiller | Maria Stuart | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 12 March 1839:
'I like Schiller's Robbers better than any other play of ... | Elizabeth Barrett | J. C. F. von Schiller | Die Rauber | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'During the last week I have also read the latter half of 'Maria Stuart' - some scenes of Alfieri - and a portion of '... | Jane Baillie Welsh | Friedrich Schiller | Maria Stuart | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have finished William Tell - and mean to commence Turandot on Monday - I could read Schiller for ever - who but him... | Jane Baillie Welsh | Friedrich Schiller | William Tell | Print: BookManuscript: Sheet |
| 1800-1849 | 'I am busy with Gibbon, my adorable's life of Necker (not yours) and Fiesko. Either Schiller's prose is much more diff... | Jane Baillie Welsh | Friedrich Schiller | Fiesco Or, The Conspiracy of Genoa: an Historical Tragedy | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | 'I am daily expecting a letter from you on the subject of the Life of Schiller. I have got a copy of his Works beside... | Thomas Carlyle | Friedrich Schiller | Works | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'He [George Gissing] recommended [in letters to his siblings] books like Morris's "Earthly Paradise", a poem "aboundin... | George Gissing | Friedrich Schiller | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'He [George Gissing] recommended [in letters to his siblings] books like Morris's "Earthly Paradise", a poem "aboundin... | Margaret Gissing | Friedrich Schiller | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | From the diary kept by George Grote for his fiancee, Harriet Lewin (autumn 1818):
'Threadneedle Street, 14th Octobe... | George Grote | Friedrich Schiller | Don Carlos | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | From the diary kept by George Grote for his fiancee, Harriet Lewin (autumn 1818):
'Rose at 1/2 past 6 [...] Read Sa... | George Grote | Friedrich Schiller | Don Carlos | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | From the diary kept by George Grote for his fiancee, Harriet Lewin (autumn 1818):
'Rose at 1/2 past 6 [...] Read Sa... | George Grote | Friedrich Schiller | Don Carlos | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 31 July-2 August 1796: 'Have you read Cabal & Love? in spite of a transla... | Robert Southey | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller | Cabal and Love | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 29-30 August 1796: '[Matthew] Lewis's poetry is contemptible — except the ... | Robert Southey | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller | The Ghost Seer | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 29-30 August 1796: '[Matthew] Lewis's poetry is contemptible — except the ... | Robert Southey | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller | Fiesco; or the Genoese Conspiracy: A Tragedy | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | From George Grote's diary, kept for his fiancee Harriet Lewin (1819):
'Rose a little before 9. Breakfasted and read... | George Grote | Schiller | Wallenstein | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Harriet, Countess Granville to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 31 May 1842:
'Did I not at Tixal translate the ... | Harriet Countess Granville | Schiller | 'Ideale' | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Harriet, Countess Granville to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 31 May 1842:
'Did I not at Tixal translate the ... | Harriet Countess Granville | Schiller | 'Ideale' | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have read the Briefechsel, a second time, with no little satisfaction; and even today am sending off an Essay on Sc... | Thomas Carlyle | Schiller & Goethe | Correspondence | Print: Serial / periodicalUnknown |