Record Number: 29053
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'If you chance to see a paragraph in the papers describing my illness, and the "delicacies suitable to my invalid condition" cooked in copper, and other ridiculous and revolting yarns, pray regard it as a spectral illusion, and pass by.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:29 Dec 1882
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: St Marcel
specific address: Campagne Defli
(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:[article in Edinburgh Courant]
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsNovember 1882
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29053
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:4
Page:43
Additional Comments:
additional editor Ernest Mehew
Citation:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, (New Haven and London, 1994), 4, p. 43, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29053, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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