the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Robert Louis Stevenson : When the Devil Was Well.

'My discouragement is from many causes: among others the re-reading of my Italian story. Forgive me, Colvin, but I cannot agree with you; it seems green fruit to me, if not really unwholesome; it is profoundly feeble, damn its weak knees!'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Louis Stevenson      Manuscript: Unknown

Robert Louis Stevenson : The Weir of Hermiston

I had a snug evening with Mildred reading part of the broken last novel of L. Stevenson, in which he gives most elaborate descriptions of characters you don't care for. He has no notion of what is tiresome or not.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Emma Darwin      Print: Book

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