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Record Number: 12848


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

One of them asked what he had been reading. 'Lynch, of course,' said Louis promptly, with a twinkling in his eye. 'Lynch? Lynch?' The name was jotted down in a notebook and on cuffs. There was a bewildered air among them as they glanced at each other. They were all of the intelligentsia and considered themselves well up in modern literature, yet here was a name they had never heard. Louis was being perfectly truthful. He had been reading 'Shadowed by Three' and 'Dashing Kate, the Female Detective', shilling shockers that amused him so much he had noted the author's name and was looking for more of his works.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1890

Country:

Australia

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Sydney, Australia
specific address: Oxford Hotel

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


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:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Australia

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Lawrence L. Lynch

Title:

Shadowed by Three: A Detective Story

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

12848

Source:

Print

Author:

Isobel Field

Editor:

n/a

Title:

This Life I've Loved

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1937

Vol:

n/a

Page:

243

Additional Comments:

Memoir of Stevenson's step-daughter Isobel Field (previously Strong, nee Osbourne). Published by Michael Joseph in London.

Citation:

Isobel Field, This Life I've Loved (London, 1937), p. 243, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12848, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Lawrence L. Lynch is the pseudonym of Emma M. Murdoch, afterwards Deventer. 'Shadowed by Three' was first published by Ward, Lock & Co. in London in 1884.

   
   
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