Record Number: 27352

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am reading "Clarissa Harlowe" with all the pleasure in the world…It is the cleverest book in some ways that can be imagined; and deals with so many absorbing problems from different points of view….'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 12 Sep 1877

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Grez
county: Seine-et-Marne (I think), France

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

13 Nov 1850

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Uncommitted

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Richardson

Title:

Clarissa: or The History of a Young Lady.

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1748 (for 1747) -1749, 8 vols; edition RLS read not indicated.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27352

Source:

Print

Author:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Editor:

Bradford A. Booth

Title:

The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879

Place of Publication:

New Haven and London

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

2

Page:

221

Additional Comments:

Letter 482, To his Mother, [12 September 1877], [Grez]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The foregoing material in square brackets has been added by the editors.

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879, (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 221, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27352, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None