Record Number: 29520

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Inclosed [sic] please find XXX to XXXV of Songs of Innocence ... If a man wishes to live forever and be happy, let him write Songs of Innocence: I cannot tell you how happy they make me.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 10 Feb 1883 and 20 Feb 1883

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Marseilles

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:

William Blake

Title:

Songs of Innocence and Experience

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29520

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:

4

Page:

73

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. 73, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29520, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None