Record Number: 17419
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'One gravestone was erected by Scott .. to the poor woman who served him as a heroine in the Heart of Mid-Lothian, and the inscription in its stiff Jedediah Cleishbotham fashion is not without something touching.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:20 Sep 1873
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Terreglestown, Dumfries
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:13 Nov 1850
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:atheist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
letter to Frances Sitwell
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Heart of Midlothian
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: gravestone
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
seen in a graveyard
Source Information:
Record ID:17419
Source: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:305
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. 305, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17419, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
RLS not reading Scott at the time. He sees the gravestone of Helen Walker, Scott's model for Jeanie Deans in The Heart of Midlothian which was originally published in 4 vols under the title Tales of My Landlord by the imaginary editor, Jedediah Cleishbotham.
