Record Number: 30391

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I had a snug evening with Mildred reading part of the broken last novel of L. Stevenson, in which he gives most elaborate descriptions of characters you don't care for. He has no notion of what is tiresome or not.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 31 May 1896

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambridge
specific address: The Grove

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:

Listener:

Emma Darwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 May 1808

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Title:

The Weir of Hermiston

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1896

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30391

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Henrietta Litchfield

Title:

Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1915

Vol:

2

Page:

310

Additional Comments:

Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta, 31 May 1896

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 310, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30391, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None