Evidence: | ?I am doing principally my Roman Law just now. It is really to me a great pleasure; and it keeps me out of the way of writing, for which I am not in the vein.?
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1874 and 20 May 1874 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Swanston (according to editors) specific address: Swanston Cottage, Lothianburn, Edinburgh |
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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: | Church of Scotland (wavering) |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | unknown |
Title: | Roman Law |
Genre: | Law |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 15989 | |
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Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
Editor: | Bradford A. Booth | |
Title: | Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July1879 | |
Place of Publication: | New Haven and London | |
Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 11 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor Ernest Mehew. Frm section written Wednesday [20 May 1874] in Letter 274, to Frances Sitwell, pp 10-12, Tuesday-Sunday [19-24 May 1874]. passage refers to RLS's law studies at Edinbrgh University. Dates in square brackets suggested by the editors. |
Citation: | Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July1879 (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 11, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15989, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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