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Record Number: 14050


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Therefore, good-bye, I am going to take my beer and sardines; after which to bed and a chapter or two of Fielding.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

16 Jun 1870

Country:

Scotland/England

Time

n/anight

Place:

specific address: Swanston Cottage, Edinburgh

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:

student

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland/England

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

Letter to Bob Stevenson


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Fielding

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

14050

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:

1

Page:

195

Additional Comments:

Additional editor Ernest Mehew

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 195, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14050, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

RLS reading a work by Fielding in bed, which suggests he finds the text quite light reading.

   
   
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