Record Number: 16323
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You may be interested to hear that the Miss Jaffrays are reading: having only eyes and not a 'pair of patent double magnifying microscopes' (or whatever it was that dear Sam Weller said) ...
Century:1850-1899
Date:30 Dec 1872
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Bridge of Allan
Type of Experience(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:student
Religion:atheist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
letter to mother, Margaret Stevenson
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pickwick Papers Chapter 34
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16323
Source: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:268/9
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. 268/9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16323, accessed: 04 December 2023
Additional Comments:
None