Record Number: 20342
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The gay and free S.C. has at last written to me; but has not pleased me: does he think I can do anything with my “Spring-time”, that’s what I want to know.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:7 Jun 1875
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
county: Lothian
specific address: [Swanston Cottage, Lothianburn]
(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:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Letter
Genre:Personal letter from Sidney Colvin to RLS, apparently the letter replied to by RLS in Letter 395.
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:20342
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:141
Additional Comments:
Section headed Monday [7 June] in Letter 394, To Frances Sitwell, Friday [4 June 1875], [Swanston]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The dates in square brackets have 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. 141, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20342, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Apparently refers to the letter from Colvin replied to by RLS in Letter 395.
