Record Number: 19076
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'There is only one very good thing in the world: the acting of Sarah Bernhardt. I beg your pardon, there is another: Pierre Veron’s "Pantheon de Poche".'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 30 Apr 1875
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Paris
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:Aspiring writer and intermittent law student
Religion:Uncommitted
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Le Pantheon de Poche
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished 1875.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19076
Source:Robert Louis Stevenson
Editor:Bradford A. Booth
Title:The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879
Place of Publication:New Haven and London
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:2
Page:128-9
Additional Comments:
Letter 380, To Frances Sitwell [April 1875], Cafe Royal, Paris. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The date in square brackets has been added by the editors.
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879, (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 128-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19076, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Editors’ Note 4, p.129, reads: “Pierre Veron (1833-1900), French journalist who edited "Charivari" and wrote many humorous works. "Le Pantheon de Poche" appeared in 1875.”