| Evidence: | 'I am all right. I am reading law, and writing beautiful poems in prose. […]Do write, son of perdition, do write. I cannot, owing to poetical (prose poetical) afflatus, Civil Law, and a kind of nondescript incapacity that weighs upon me.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 May 1875 and 31 May 1875 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning afternoon evening daytime night |
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| Place: | city: Edinburgh county: Lothian specific address: Swanston Cottage, Lothianburn, Edinburgh and 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 and intermittent law student |
| Religion: | Uncommitted |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | unknown |
| Title: | law books |
| Genre: | Law |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Textbooks on Scottish Law, including Civil Law. |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20258 | |
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| Author: | 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: | 139 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 392, To Sidney Colvin [Late May 1875], Swanston Cottage. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The date 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. 139, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20258, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| RLS is reading in preparation for the imminent Edinburgh University Final Examinations at which he will (just) qualify as Advocate, on the strength of which fact he will be called to the Scottish Bar, though he will not practise. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)