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George Henry Lewes
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William Shakespeare : The Merchant of Venice
'I read Wilhelm Meister aloud, and then G. read part of the Merchant of Venice'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : Romeo and Juliet
'Ill all day and unable to go out. G. finished Romeo and Juliet'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : Julius Caesar
'G. read Julius Caesar aloud, as far as Caesar's appearance in the senate house. Very much struck with the masculine style of this play and its vigorous moderation compared with Romeo and Juliet'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : Antony and Cleopatra
''Finished Minna von Barnhelm... G. began Antony and Cleopatra'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : Henry IV
'Read Italianische Reise - Residence in Naples. Pretty passage about a star seen through a chink in the ceiling as he lay in bed. G. read Henry IV'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : The Merchant of Venice
'went to dine at the Hotel de l'Europe. I took Iphigenia to read. Italianische Reise until Dessoir came. He read us the opening of Richard the 3rd and the scene with Lady Anne. Then Shylock, which G. afterwards read... Finished 1st act of Iphigenia'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : Henry IV, Part II
'Read Hermann and Dorothea - 4 first books. G read 2nd Part of Henry IV'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : As You Like It
'Began Tasso aloud. G. read two acts of As You Like It'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : King Lear
'Read aloud Heine's "Gotter im Exil" and some of his poems. G. read aloud Lear'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
Thomas [?] Knight : [studies of Shakespeare]
'Read at dinner Goethe's account of his relations with Herder at Strasburg in "Dichtung und Warheit". Continued aloud Heine's "Salon". G. read Knight's studies of Shakspeare. Twaddling in the extreme'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : Coriolanus
'Began Stahr's "Torso"... G read "Coriolanus". I read some of "Stahr" to him, but we found it too long wided a style for reading aloud'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : Twelfth Night
'G. read some of "Twelfth Night", but his head got bad and he was obliged to leave off'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : A Midsummer Night's Dream
'Not well. G began Midsummer Night's Dream. I went to bed early.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : A Winter's Tale
'Read the wondrously beautiful "Romische Elegien" again and some of the Venetian epigrams. G. began Winter's Tale'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Shakespeare : Richard III
'G. read Richard III'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
William Wordsworth :
'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 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: Book
William Wordsworth : Excursion, The
'G. has finished "the Excursion", which repaid us for going to the end by an occasional fine passage even to the last.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: Book
[unknown] : Seraphime
'G. finished reading "Seraphime" aloud to me'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: George Henry Lewes Print: Unknown
Charlotte Bronte : Jane Eyre
[George Henry Lewes to Elizabeth Gaskell:] 'When Jane Eyre first appeared, the publishers courteously sent me a copy. The enthusiasm with which I read it made me go down to Mr Parker, and propose to write a review of it for Fraser's Magazine [...] Meanwhile I had written to Miss Bronte to tell her the delight with which her book filled me'.
