| Evidence: | 'After dinner read "Two Gentlemen of Verona" and some of the "Sonnets". That play disgusted me more than ever in the final scene where Valentine on Proteus' mere begging pardon where he has no longer any hope of gaining his ends, says: "All that was mine in Silvia I give the"! - Silvia standing by'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 16 Mar 1855 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon: after dinner | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Dover | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | George Eliot [pseud] |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 22 Nov 1819 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 7245 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Eliot [pseud] | |
| Editor: | Margaret Harris | |
| Title: | The Journals of George Eliot | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 54 | |
| Additional comments: | Co-editor Judith Johnston |
| Citation: | George Eliot [pseud], Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 54, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7245, accessed: 30 March 2023 | |
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