Record Number: 28858

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just finished The Way of the World; there is only one person in it , no there are three — who are nice: the wild American woman, and two of the dissipated young men, Dolly and Lord Niddersdale. All the heroes and heroines are just ghastly. But what a triumph is Lady Carbury! That is real, sound, strong, genuine work: the man who could do that if he had had courage , might have written a fine book; he has preferred to write very readable ones.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 22 Feb 1878

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris
Hotel Canterbury, 44 Boulevard Haussmann

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:

Uncommitted

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Anthony Trollope

Title:

The Way We Live Now

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1875

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28858

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

245

Additional Comments:

Letter 515, To his Parents, Friday [22 February 1878], [Hotel Canterbury], 44 Boulevard Haussmann [Paris]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The foregoing 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. 245, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28858, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

RLS is describing Anthony Trollope’s novel The Way We Live Now (1875), which he has designated by the title of Congreve’s 1700 comedy.