Record Number: 29520
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Inclosed [sic] please find XXX to XXXV of Songs of Innocence ... If a man wishes to live forever and be happy, let him write Songs of Innocence: I cannot tell you how happy they make me.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 10 Feb 1883 and 20 Feb 1883
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Marseilles
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:Uncommitted
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Songs of Innocence and Experience
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29520
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:4
Page:73
Additional Comments:
additional editor Ernest Mehew
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 4, p. 73, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29520, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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