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Record Number: 17417


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'... I find I have nothing to say that has not been already perfectly said and perfectly sung in Adelaide.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

19 Sep 1873

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Terreglestown, Dumfries

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


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:

Scotland

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

letter to Frances Sitwell


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Friedrich von Matthison

Title:

Adelaide

Genre:

Poetry, song lyric

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17417

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:

304

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. 304, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17417, accessed: 18 May 2024


Additional Comments:

RLS may not have read von Matthison's poem, but heard it sung (it was set to music by Beethoven).

   
   
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