Record Number: 14583
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?I have just been reading "Maud". Do not fear, dear; it has not been unpleasant to me; I see and know and accept all the limitations without a grudge.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:1 May 1874
Country:Scotland
Timeevening
Place:city: Edinburgh
specific address: 17 Heriot Row
(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:Aspiring writer, intermittent law student
Religion:(Wavering) Church of Scotland
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Maud; A Monodrama
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsThere is a copy of the first edition (1855) owned by RLS at the RLS Silverado Museum , California
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:14583
Source:Robert Louis Stevenson
Editor:Bradford A. Booth
Title:The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume Two, April 1874- July 1879
Place of Publication:New Haven and London
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:2
Page:3
Additional Comments:
Addition editor: Ernest Mehew Letter 268, [29 April-4 May 1874], from RLS to Frances Sitwell
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume Two, April 1874- July 1879, (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14583, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter 268 consists of 6 parts, the day of the week or the time of day of writing being given by RLS, the date, month and year conjectured by the editors. The editors ascribe this part of the letter to Friday [1 May] Evening.
