Record Number: 17280

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I [...] was singing after my own fashion "Du hast diamentem und Perlen"[...]'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

6 Sep 1873

Country:

Scotland/England/Europe

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: 17 Heriot Row, 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:

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/England/Europe

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

Letter to Frances Sitwell

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Heinrich Heine

Title:

Du hast Diamenten und Perlen

Genre:

song lyric

Form of Text:

Print: song

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17280

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:

289

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. 289, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17280, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

RLS reports singing words of lyric by Heine - musical setting unknown.