Record Number: 15989
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?I am doing principally my Roman Law just now. It is really to me a great pleasure; and it keeps me out of the way of writing, for which I am not in the vein.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 May 1874 and 20 May 1874
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Swanston (according to editors)
specific address: Swanston Cottage, Lothianburn, Edinburgh
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:13 Nov 1850
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Aspiring writer, intermittent law student
Religion:Church of Scotland (wavering)
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Roman Law
Genre:Law
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:15989
Source:Robert Louis Stevenson
Editor:Bradford A. Booth
Title:Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July1879
Place of Publication:New Haven and London
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:2
Page:11
Additional Comments:
Co-editor Ernest Mehew. Frm section written Wednesday [20 May 1874] in Letter 274, to Frances Sitwell, pp 10-12, Tuesday-Sunday [19-24 May 1874]. passage refers to RLS's law studies at Edinbrgh University. Dates in square brackets suggested by the editors.
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July1879, (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 11, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15989, accessed: 15 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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