Record Number: 30315

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'By the way, what an admirable book is All Sorts and Conditions of Men. I have rarely read anything with greater sympathy ...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

20 Oct 1883

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Hyeres
specific address: La Solitude

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:

atheist

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

France

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

letter to Messrs Chatto & Windus

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Walter Besant

Title:

All Sorts and Conditions of Men

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published London: Chatto and Windus, 1882

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30315

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

186

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. 186, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30315, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None