A History of the Italian Republics, Being A View of the Origin, Progress, and Fall of Italian Freedom

Title

A History of the Italian Republics, Being A View of the Origin, Progress, and Fall of Italian Freedom

Text Read

A History of the Italian Republics, Being A View of the Origin, Progress, and Fall of Italian Freedom

Author

Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard de

Original Source

London: Longmans, Green, & co., 1851[?]

Digitized by

HathiTrust

Publication Date

1851[?]

Date(s) of Reading

  • 1861-07-01
  • 1861-07-15
  • 1861-07-17
  • 1861-07-18
  • 1861-07-19
  • 1866-08-30

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 Sachetti's Novelle, and Sismondi's History of the Italian Republics." Diary 1861-1877 96
1861-07-15: "15. Read Sismondi. In the evening read Renan Etudes d'Histoire religieuse aloud to G." Diary 1861-1877 97
1861-07-17: "17. Sismondi. Began Virgil's Eclogues again. Went with G. to see Pictures at British Institution." Diary 1861-1877 97
1861-07-18: "18. Finished 3rd vol. of Sismondi: began Buhle's History of Modern Philosophy Virgil and Sacchetti." Diary 1861-1877 98
1861-07-19: "19. Read 4th vol. of Sismondi, and G's article on Mad Dogs which he was going to send to Edinburgh." Diary 1861-1877 98
1866-08-30: "30. I have taken up the idea of my drama, "The Spanish Gipsy" again, and am reading on Spanish subjects- Bouterwek, Sismondi, Depping, Llorente etc." Diary 1861-1877 128

Citation

Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard de, A History of the Italian Republics, Being A View of the Origin, Progress, and Fall of Italian Freedom, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57773