Record Number: 13539

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And I saw a Punch which I thought I would like so much....there was one queer picture in Mr Punch which I must tell you about'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1856 and 31 Dec 1857

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: 1 Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh

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:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

13 Nov 1850

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

child

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

Letter to Thomas Stevenson, father

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Punch

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1856 or 1857

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13539

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:

1

Page:

93

Additional Comments:

Additional editor: Ernest Mehew

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 93, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13539, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None