Oedipus the King [Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Tyrannus]
Title
Oedipus the King [Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Tyrannus]
Text Read
Oedipus the King [Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Tyrannus]
Author
Sophocles. tr. Cambridge
Original Source
London: Hall, 1844. The Tragedies of Sophocles, in English prose, a new literal translation, with copious notes. pp. 3-54
Digitized by
Internet Archive
Publication Date
1844
Date(s) of Reading
- 1857-02-14
- 1857-04-08
Evidence
1857-02-01: "Feb. 14. A letter from Blckwood saying that he is delighted with my M.S. and will send a proof in a couple of days. I am reading the Oedipus Rex." Diary 1854-1861 66
1857-04-08: "April 8th. Since I made the last entry in my journal we have had many delicious walks and seen many beautiful sights - on clear days the smaller islands with their lovely colouring specking the blue sea, the white foam prancing round them; on more sombre days the grand rocky coast of the southern side of St. Mary's - Peninis, the Giant's Castle etc. Or we have walked over the furze and heath clad hills and heard the air ringing with larks. Since we came here Chrissey has lost her pretty little Fanny, and I am still waiting anxiously for news of Katy and herself- both ill as ever when I last heard. News, too, has come from Barbara in Algiers - the probability of her marrying Dr. Bodichon, a French army physician. Today I have finished "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story". We are reading Carlyle's Cromwell and Aurora Leigh again in the evenings. I am still in the Oedipus Tyrannus, with Shelley's poems, and snatches of Natural History." Diary 1854-1861 68
1857-04-08: "April 8th. Since I made the last entry in my journal we have had many delicious walks and seen many beautiful sights - on clear days the smaller islands with their lovely colouring specking the blue sea, the white foam prancing round them; on more sombre days the grand rocky coast of the southern side of St. Mary's - Peninis, the Giant's Castle etc. Or we have walked over the furze and heath clad hills and heard the air ringing with larks. Since we came here Chrissey has lost her pretty little Fanny, and I am still waiting anxiously for news of Katy and herself- both ill as ever when I last heard. News, too, has come from Barbara in Algiers - the probability of her marrying Dr. Bodichon, a French army physician. Today I have finished "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story". We are reading Carlyle's Cromwell and Aurora Leigh again in the evenings. I am still in the Oedipus Tyrannus, with Shelley's poems, and snatches of Natural History." Diary 1854-1861 68
Citation
Sophocles. tr. Cambridge, Oedipus the King [Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Tyrannus], George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57806