Evidence: | ?I have just been reading "Maud". Do not fear, dear; it has not been unpleasant to me; I see and know and accept all the limitations without a grudge.?
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 1 May 1874 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Edinburgh specific address: 17 Heriot Row |
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Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1850 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Aspiring writer, intermittent law student |
Religion: | (Wavering) Church of Scotland |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | The eds ascribe this part of the letter to Friday [1 May] Evening |
Author: | Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
Title: | Maud; A Monodrama |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | There is a copy of the first edition (1855) owned by RLS at the RLS Silverado Museum , California |
Provenance: | n/a |
Record ID: | 14583 | |
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Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
Editor: | Bradford A. Booth | |
Title: | The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume Two, April 1874- July 1879 | |
Place of Publication: | New Haven and London | |
Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 3 | |
Additional comments: | Addition editor: Ernest Mehew Letter 268, [29 April-4 May 1874], from RLS to Frances Sitwell |
Citation: | Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume Two, April 1874- July 1879 (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14583, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Letter 268 consists of 6 parts, the day of the week or the time of day of writing being given by RLS, the date, month and year conjectured by the editors. |
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