Il Novellino [Le Novelle, The Novel] (Italian)
Title
Il Novellino [Le Novelle, The Novel] (Italian)
Text Read
Il Novellino [Le Novelle, The Novel] (Italian)
Author
Sacchetti, Franco. ed. Ottavio Gigli
Original Source
Firenze: Monnier, 1861
Digitized by
Internet Archive
Publication Date
1861
Date(s) of Reading
- 1861-07-01
- 1861-07-18
- 1861-08-06
- 1861-08-12
- 1861-08-28
- 1861-12-12
- 1861-12-18
- 1861-12-26
Evidence
1861-07-01: "1. Finished reading the four last volumes of the Histoire des Ordres Religieux. Began La Beata, a story of Florentine Life, by T. A. Trollope. I am also reading Sacchetti's Novelle, and Sismondi's History of the Italian Republics." Diary 1861-1877 96
1861-07-18: "18. Finished 3rd vol. of Sismondi: began Buhle's History of Modern Philosophy Virgil and Sacchetti." Diary 1861-1877 98
1861-08-06: "6. Read Roscoe's Life of Lorenzo de' Medici. Headache still. Read some of Sacchetti's stories and spent the evening alone with G." Diary 1861-1877 99
1861-08-12: "12. Got into a state of so much wretchedness in attempting to concentrate my thoughts on the construction of my story, that I became desperate, and suddenly burst my bonds, saying, I will not think of writing! Read Sacchetti and began Pulci." Diary 1861-1877 99
1861-08-28: "28. Read Tiraboschi and Rock's Hierurgia. Walked to Primrose Hill with G. Finished Vol. 1 of Sacchetti, and began Marullus. In the evening read Pettigrew on Medical Superstitions." Diary 1861-1877 101
1861-12-12: "12. Read Sacchetti and the Letters of Filelfo. Finished writing my plot, of which I must make several other draughts before I begin to write my book." Diary 1861-1877 106
1861-12-18: "18. Read Sacchetti, Macchiavelli's History, and Heeren on the XVth Century. Began Lastri X." Diary 1861-1877 106
1861-12-26: "26. Read the Malmantile. Reviewed my notes. Received a letter from "Jane Evans" asking me for a negative photograph of myself to aid her in building a school. Wrote in answer. Read Sacchetti, and Luigi Pulci's novel, and part of Lasca's story of Lorenzo and the Medico Manente." 1861-1877 107
1861-07-18: "18. Finished 3rd vol. of Sismondi: began Buhle's History of Modern Philosophy Virgil and Sacchetti." Diary 1861-1877 98
1861-08-06: "6. Read Roscoe's Life of Lorenzo de' Medici. Headache still. Read some of Sacchetti's stories and spent the evening alone with G." Diary 1861-1877 99
1861-08-12: "12. Got into a state of so much wretchedness in attempting to concentrate my thoughts on the construction of my story, that I became desperate, and suddenly burst my bonds, saying, I will not think of writing! Read Sacchetti and began Pulci." Diary 1861-1877 99
1861-08-28: "28. Read Tiraboschi and Rock's Hierurgia. Walked to Primrose Hill with G. Finished Vol. 1 of Sacchetti, and began Marullus. In the evening read Pettigrew on Medical Superstitions." Diary 1861-1877 101
1861-12-12: "12. Read Sacchetti and the Letters of Filelfo. Finished writing my plot, of which I must make several other draughts before I begin to write my book." Diary 1861-1877 106
1861-12-18: "18. Read Sacchetti, Macchiavelli's History, and Heeren on the XVth Century. Began Lastri X." Diary 1861-1877 106
1861-12-26: "26. Read the Malmantile. Reviewed my notes. Received a letter from "Jane Evans" asking me for a negative photograph of myself to aid her in building a school. Wrote in answer. Read Sacchetti, and Luigi Pulci's novel, and part of Lasca's story of Lorenzo and the Medico Manente." 1861-1877 107
Citation
Sacchetti, Franco. ed. Ottavio Gigli, Il Novellino [Le Novelle, The Novel] (Italian), George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57502