Record Number: 29570
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I like the "Rover", better than any of your other verse.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Mar 1883 and 31 Mar 1883
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Hyères
specific address: Chalet la Solitude, Hyères
(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:writer
Religion:atheist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Rover'
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Publication Details
n/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29570
Source:Robert Louis Stevenson
Editor:Bradford Booth
Title:The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson
Place of Publication:New Haven and London
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:4
Page:93
Additional Comments:
additional editor Ernest Mehew
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 4, p. 93, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29570, accessed: 06 May 2024
Additional Comments:
RLS has read Gosse's poem published in 'Magazine of Art' (December 1882). Presumably he read the rest of the magazine also.