Record Number: 16111

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have had all things considered and thanks principally to Philip, a very passable Christmas day [...] then went upstairs and read Phillip till lunchtime (you see I adhere to my own views as to how Philip should be spelt).'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

25 Dec 1872

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bridge of Allan

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:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

13 Nov 1850

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

student

Religion:

atheist

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

Letter to mother, Margaret Stevenson

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Makepeace Thackeray

Title:

The Adventures of Philip

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

first published in book form 1862, previously serialised in Cornhill Magazine

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16111

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:

265

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. 265, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16111, accessed: 13 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None