Record Number: 13559

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I send you three translations of a bit of Horace, in order to hear what you think of the last measure.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Mar 1868

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Edinburgh

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:

student

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

Letter to Bob Stevenson.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Horace

Title:

Book II Ode III

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13559

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:

1

Page:

121

Additional Comments:

Additional editor Ernest Mehew.

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 121, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13559, accessed: 03 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

RLS sends Bob Stevenson his own translation of Book II Ode III by Horace.