Record Number: 14583
Reading Experience:
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.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:1 May 1874
Country:Scotland
Timeevening
Place:city: Edinburgh
specific address: 17 Heriot Row
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
n/a
Additional Comments:
The eds ascribe this part of the letter to Friday [1 May] Evening
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Maud; A Monodrama
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsThere is a copy of the first edition (1855) owned by RLS at the RLS Silverado Museum , California
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:14583
Source: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/RED/record_details.php?id=14583, accessed: 01 April 2023
Additional Comments:
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.
