| Evidence: | 'Looked into the "Marmi" of Doni... read Saccheti and Boccaccio's capital story of Fra Cipolla - one of his few good stories - and the Little Hunchback in the Arabian Nights, which is still better. Read Nardi in the evening'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 2 Aug 1861 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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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: | unknown |
| 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: | Giovanni Boccaccio |
| Title: | [story of Fra Cipolla, from Decameron] |
| Genre: | Fiction, tales |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8309 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Eliot | |
| Editor: | Margaret Harris | |
| Title: | The Journals of George Eliot | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 99 | |
| Additional comments: | co-editor Judith Johnston |
| Citation: | George Eliot, Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 99, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8309, accessed: 30 May 2023 | |
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