Record Number: 22608
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You are right about that adorable book; F. and I are in a world, not ours; but pardon me, as far as sending on goes, we take another view; the first vol. a la bonne heure! but not - never - the second.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:12 Mar 1881
Country:Switzerland
Timen/a
Place:Davos
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:Switzerland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
letter to Sidney Colvin
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Reminiscences
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22608
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:3
Page:162
Additional Comments:
additional editor Ernest Mehew
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 3, p. 162, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22608, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Footnote Booth/Mehew p162 says that the book was Carlyle's Reminiscences and that Vol 2 contains a controversial memoir of his wife which RLS did not wish to be sent on (presumably to Fanny Sitwell).