Record Number: 17278

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'?I am reading Ruskin?s "Stones of Venice"with great pleasure. He can [italics] write [end italics] a few, can?t he?'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 9 Jul 1874

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Hampstead
county: London

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:

Aspiring writer and intermittent law student

Religion:

Church of Scotland (wavering)

Country of Origin:

Scotland

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:

John Ruskin

Title:

Stones of Venice

Genre:

Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Stones of Venice: the first of many editions appeared in 3 vols in 1851-3.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17278

Source:

Print

Author:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Editor:

Bradford A. Booth

Title:

Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July1879

Place of Publication:

New Haven and London

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

2

Page:

29

Additional Comments:

Co-editor Ernest Mehew. Letter 292, To Frances Sitwell [c. 9 July 1874] [Hampstead]. Dates in square brackets have been added by the editors.

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July1879, (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 29, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17278, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None