Italienische Reise [Italian Travel] (German)
Title
Italienische Reise [Italian Travel] (German)
Text Read
Italienische Reise [Italian Travel] (German)
Author
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Original Source
Leipzig: Reclam, jun, 18[?]
Digitized by
HathiTrust
Publication Date
18[?]
Date(s) of Reading
- 1854-11-[30]
- 1854-12-06
- 1854-12-07
- 1854-12-08
Evidence
1854-11-[30]: "Thursday. Finished Recollections of Weimar. Began the Italianische [sic] Reise." Diary 1854-1861 36
1854-12-06: "Wednesday 6. G's head not well, so at 1 o'clock we set off to the Thiergarten, and explored a part we had not seen before. Talked about the factitious admiration of the Old English dramatists got up by Charles Lamb's selections - Schlegel and his criticisms etc. Walked back only just in time to dine at the British Hotel. The dinner splendid, but too dear for our pocket- 20 groschen each. Read Italienische 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, and about past the Gruppes came. They staid chatting till after 10." Diary 1854-1861 37
1854-12-07: "Thursday. I have begun Scherr's Geschichte Deutschen Cultur und Sitte. Worked at Spinoza. Walked in the Thier garten. Dined at Pietsch's, and then went into Kranzler's where G. was to wait for Magnus the Chemist, who had promised to take him to the Sitz of the Akademie. However he soon came back to me, having wisely given up the Sitz in favour of a party at Prof. Olfers', where he was to go with Magnus the painter. I read the Italianische Reise till it was time for him to dress. It is remarkable that when Goethe gets to Sicily, he is for the first time in Italy enthusiastic in his descriptions of natural beauty. G. went at 8 and I spent the evening alone for the first time since we have been at Berlin. I read G's Farce- Robson's adventure with a Russian Princess. Letter from Mr. Chapman - a chef d' ceuvre ofbad taste." Diary 1854-1861 37
1854-12-08: "Thursday [Friday]. Read Scherr-worked at Spinoza-walked in the Thiergarten. A lovely morning. We talked of Keely and Macready. Came home and wrote a little, then 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. Dessoir told us an amusing story out of his early experiences among strolling actors, and imitated admirably Aldridge's mode of advancing to kill Duncan - like a wild Indian lurking for a not much wilder beast. Finished 1st act of Iphigenia." Diary 1854-1861 37-38
1854-12-06: "Wednesday 6. G's head not well, so at 1 o'clock we set off to the Thiergarten, and explored a part we had not seen before. Talked about the factitious admiration of the Old English dramatists got up by Charles Lamb's selections - Schlegel and his criticisms etc. Walked back only just in time to dine at the British Hotel. The dinner splendid, but too dear for our pocket- 20 groschen each. Read Italienische 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, and about past the Gruppes came. They staid chatting till after 10." Diary 1854-1861 37
1854-12-07: "Thursday. I have begun Scherr's Geschichte Deutschen Cultur und Sitte. Worked at Spinoza. Walked in the Thier garten. Dined at Pietsch's, and then went into Kranzler's where G. was to wait for Magnus the Chemist, who had promised to take him to the Sitz of the Akademie. However he soon came back to me, having wisely given up the Sitz in favour of a party at Prof. Olfers', where he was to go with Magnus the painter. I read the Italianische Reise till it was time for him to dress. It is remarkable that when Goethe gets to Sicily, he is for the first time in Italy enthusiastic in his descriptions of natural beauty. G. went at 8 and I spent the evening alone for the first time since we have been at Berlin. I read G's Farce- Robson's adventure with a Russian Princess. Letter from Mr. Chapman - a chef d' ceuvre ofbad taste." Diary 1854-1861 37
1854-12-08: "Thursday [Friday]. Read Scherr-worked at Spinoza-walked in the Thiergarten. A lovely morning. We talked of Keely and Macready. Came home and wrote a little, then 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. Dessoir told us an amusing story out of his early experiences among strolling actors, and imitated admirably Aldridge's mode of advancing to kill Duncan - like a wild Indian lurking for a not much wilder beast. Finished 1st act of Iphigenia." Diary 1854-1861 37-38
Citation
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Italienische Reise [Italian Travel] (German), George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57124