Record Number: 17876
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am reading Miss Edgeworth's Popular Tales for the Young with thorough gusto.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:16 Nov 1873
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Mentone
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:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Moral Tales for Young People
Genre:Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17876
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:367
Additional Comments:
additional editor Ernest Mehew. letter to mother, Margaret Stevenson
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 367, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17876, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
It is not clear which of Edgeworth's books RLS was reading at the time - either Moral Tales for Young People or Popular Tales.