Record Number: 21632
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When last observed, he was studying with apparent zest the exploits of one Rocambole by the late Viscount Ponson of Terrail.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:18 Jan 1880
Country:America
Timen/a
Place:specific address: 608 Bush Street, San Francisco
Type of Experience(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:writer
Religion:atheist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:America
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author:Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail
Title:Les Exploits de Rocambole
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21632
Source: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:3
Page:46
Additional Comments:
additional editor Ernest Mehew. Letter to Sidney Colvin.
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 3, p. 46, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21632, accessed: 10 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Unclear exactly which of Ponson du Terrail's novels RLS refers to here, though from the context it suggests he had several of the 22 volumes of Les Exploits de Rocambole.
