Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 19

[cahn]

Yuletide nominations:

18th Century CE Federician RPF
Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria
Voltaire
Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Ernst Ahasverus von Lehndorff
Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Anna Amalie von Preußen | Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787)
Catherine II of Russia
Hans Hermann von Katte
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith
Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758)

Circle of Voltaire RPF
Emilie du Chatelet
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour)
John Hervey (1696-1743)
Marie Louise Mignot Denis
Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu (1696-1788)
Francesco Algarotti

Comments

Re: Oster Wilhelmine readthrough

[cahn]

That sounds good! I had one of those colds where I felt better but it had sort of a long tail. Today was the first day I felt actually normal and I managed to finally read a larger chunk than I've been doing, so one day I will at least vaguely reply to your comments :)

Re: Oster Wilhelmine readthrough

[selenak]

I'm awed at the pace of your progress. Also, I wanted to report that the Stabi has the entire 1803 edition of Lady Mary's letters and poetry online for me to read, all five or volumes. Which I won't have the time for right now, since I have a lot of reading and writing to do elsewhere, but for later, it's there. (Granted, the 1803 one is censored by the family. But Stabi also has Halband's selected edition of her works from the 1960s for me to check.

Re: Oster Wilhelmine readthrough

[mildred_of_midgard]

The 19th century editions aren't hard to find, it's that I keep hearing that, even in addition to the censorship, the scholarship is bad: portions of different letters are mixed and matched and presented as if they're from the same letter, letters are misdated, etc. That was why I wanted Halsband (and got him, up through 1751). But at least the 19th century versions should help us with our Wilhelmine-in-Italy question.

But Stabi also has Halband's selected edition of her works from the 1960s for me to check.

Excellent!

Re: Oster Wilhelmine readthrough

[mildred_of_midgard]

Minimal German today: 5 pages. Not because I didn't yell at myself a lot, but because my rule is that if I have to choose between meeting my German quota and doing something else, I should meet my quota, but if I have to choose between meeting my quota and not hating German, I should get some sleep and try again another day. ;)

But that did mean I had time to do something less difficult, namely get the two volumes that I own of Lady Mary letters into the library. It really is a library!

Re: Oster Wilhelmine readthrough

[cahn]

All right, I won't yell at you, just grumble a bit :P I don't want you to hate German either!

Re: Oster Wilhelmine readthrough

[mildred_of_midgard]

When I'm really sleep deprived, I hate German and you and selenak and Fritz and salon and everything. :( Then I sleep and I <3 everything again. Yesterday wasn't nearly that bad, but if I'd tried to force it past 5 pages, I would have hated German.

20 pages today and I may do some more before bed. Also, these are longer pages by word-count, and rather harder than Oster, so yay. Progress is being made!

Re: Oster Wilhelmine readthrough

[mildred_of_midgard]

Aww, I'm sorry to hear that. Glad it's finally tailing off, and hope the rest of the family is recovering too!