Record Number: 22708
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Symonds has gone off to Italy with your Bouvard et Pecuchet, a most loathsome work.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 15 Apr 1881 and 30 Apr 1881
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Hotel Saint Romain, 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: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:Bouvard et Pecuchet
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published in France 1881
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22708
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:174
Additional Comments:
additional editor Ernest Mehew. Letter to W.E. Henley.
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 3, p. 174, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22708, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
RLS must have read the book in French as it had not yet been translated.