Record Number: 27418

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The Mag has come; the only thing I liked was your Japanese.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1882 and 15 Feb 1882

Country:

Switzerland

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Hotel and Pension Buol

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Louis Stevenson

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Ernest Henley

Title:

'A Note on Japanese Art' in Magazine of Art

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

February 1882

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27418

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

277

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. 277, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27418, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None