King Richard II

Title

King Richard II

Text Read

King Richard II

Author

Shakespeare, William. ed. Alexander Chalmers

Original Source

London: Bohn, 1854. The Complete Works of Shakespeare with a Memoir. pp. 300-317

Digitized by

Internet Archive

Publication Date

1854

Date(s) of Reading

  • 1855-04-[14]

Evidence

"Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Still feverish and unable to fix my mind steadily on reading or writing. Read the 1st, 2nd and 3 parts ofHenry VI, and began Richard 2. Finished Herbert Spencer's "Genesis of Science". Friday and Saturday, wrote a little at my article on Weimar for Frazer [sic]. Finished Schrader - a poor book." Diary 1854-1861 56

Citation

Shakespeare, William. ed. Alexander Chalmers, King Richard II, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57763