Record Number: 22708

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Symonds has gone off to Italy with your Bouvard et Pecuchet, a most loathsome work.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 15 Apr 1881 and 30 Apr 1881

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Hotel Saint Romain, Paris

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

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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:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gustave Flaubert

Title:

Bouvard et Pecuchet

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published in France 1881

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22708

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:

3

Page:

174

Additional Comments:

additional editor Ernest Mehew. Letter to W.E. Henley.

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 3, p. 174, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22708, accessed: 04 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

RLS must have read the book in French as it had not yet been translated.