Record Number: 21350
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I am very busy with Beranger for the "Britannica".
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 19 Jul 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:Writer (he has now passed his law exams and can start to devote himself entirely to writing).
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:unknown
Genre:Poetry, Also probably material ABOUT Beranger.
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21350
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:152
Additional Comments:
Letter 406, To Sidney Colvin, [c. 19 July 1875], [Swanston]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The material 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. 152, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21350, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
RLS must have been reading material by and/or on the French satirical poet and song-writer Beranger (1780-1857) while preparing an article on him for the Encyclopaedia Britannica (see Letters 412 and 413).
