| Evidence: | I am very busy with Beranger for the "Britannica". |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 19 Jul 1875 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh county: Lothian specific address: [Swanston Cottage, Lothianburn] |
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| 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 (he has now passed his law exams and can start to devote himself entirely to writing). |
| Religion: | Uncommitted |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Pierre-Jean Beranger |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Poetry, Also probably material ABOUT Beranger. |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21350 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 152 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 406, To Sidney Colvin, [c. 19 July 1875], [Swanston]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The 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. 152, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21350, accessed: 19 May 2013 | |
| RLS must have been reading material by and/or on the French satirical poet and song-writer Beranger (1780-1857) while preparing an article on him for the Encyclopaedia Britannica (see Letters 412 and 413). |
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