Record Number: 22166
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[…] I keep reading XVth Century […]'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between Oct 1875 and Feb 1876
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
county: Lothian
(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:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Writer
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: Title:[works on the fifteenth century]
Genre:History, Poetry, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book, Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22166
Source: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:171
Additional Comments:
Letter 431, To Frances Sitwell, [February 1876], [17 Heriot Row]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The material in square brackets has 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. 171, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22166, accessed: 14 December 2024
Additional Comments:
RLS seems to be referring to his current continuation of the course of reading of and on French 15th-century authors and historical figures that he mentions in earlier letters (see e.g. Letter 422 and ID 21724; Letter 424 and IDs 21882 and 21883).