Record Number: 13541

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have got the book from Mrs Bell it is Martin Rattler.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1863 and 31 Dec 1863

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Spring Grove, Isleworth

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 parents, Thomas and Margaret Stevenson

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

R M Ballantyne

Title:

Martin Rattler or a Boy's Adventures in the Forests of Brazil

Genre:

Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1858

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13541

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:

95

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. 95, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13541, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None