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Record Number: 18830


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My poet writes good stuff; it is slack still and unequal, but I think some of it capital.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 19 Feb 1875

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Edinburgh
county: Lothian
specific address: [17 Heriot Row]

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:

Aspiring writer and intermittent law student

Religion:

Uncommitted.

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:

William Ernest Henley

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18830

Source:

Print

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:

120

Additional Comments:

Section headed Sunday [21 February] in Letter 366, To Frances Sitwell, Thursday [18 February 1875] [17 Heriot Row]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. Dates in square brackets have 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. 120, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18830, accessed: 07 October 2024


Additional Comments:

The poet alluded to seems to be W.E. Henley (1849-1903), see p. 117, Section headed Saturday [13 February] in Letter 364, To Frances Sitwell, Tuesday [9 February 1875] [17 Heriot Row]; and p. 117, Note 3.

   
   
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