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Record Number: 28996


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I liked "Veuillot" horrid; it was jolly and sympathetic and I think true.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 31 Aug 1878 and 10 Sep 1878

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Writer

Religion:

Uncommitted

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Ernest Henley

Title:

'A French Journalist'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

London (31 August 1878).

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28996

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:

265

Additional Comments:

Letter 550, To W.E. Henley. [Early September 1878], Chez Morel, Le Monastier, Haute Loire. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The foregoing 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. 265, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28996, accessed: 07 October 2024


Additional Comments:

Editors’ Note 3 on p. 265 to the ‘Veuillot’ reference reads: '“A French Journalist", an article by Henley in London of 31 August on Louis-François Veuillot (1813-80), the militant Roman Catholic writer and editor of L’Univers Religieux'.

   
   
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