Record Number: 28996
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I liked "Veuillot" horrid; it was jolly and sympathetic and I think true.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 31 Aug 1878 and 10 Sep 1878
Country:France
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Place:n/a
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:Uncommitted
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'A French Journalist'
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsLondon (31 August 1878).
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28996
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:265
Additional Comments:
Letter 550, To W.E. Henley. [Early September 1878], Chez Morel, Le Monastier, Haute Loire. 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. 265, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28996, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Editors’ Note 3 on p. 265 to the ‘Veuillot’ reference reads: '“A French Journalist", an article by Henley in London of 31 August on Louis-François Veuillot (1813-80), the militant Roman Catholic writer and editor of L’Univers Religieux'.
