Record Number: 23361
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'A thousand thanks for Johnson who is a brick.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Sep 1881 and 15 Sep 1881
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Braemar
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:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published 1724
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:23361
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:226
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. 226, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23361, accessed: 09 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Johnson possibly a pseudonym of Daniel Defoe.