Record Number: 17669
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Is it the third or the fifth book of Virgil you so much liked; I have taken to reading the third.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 20 Oct 1874
Country:Mainly Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Mainly Edinburgh
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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:13 Nov 1850
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Aspiring writer and intermittent law student
Religion:Church of Scotland (wavering)
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Mainly Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Aeneid, Books III and probably V
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsProbably the Latin text.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17669
Source: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:65
Additional Comments:
Letter 324, To Bob Stevenson, [20 October 1874]. 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. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17669, accessed: 25 March 2023
Additional Comments:
The number of Books mentioned excludes the Georgics and the Eclogues of Virgil, so this must refer to his Aeneid. Book III describes the wanderings of Aeneas and his Trojans after sailing from Troy, their various adventures (e.g. the Harpies, Polyphemus) and the death of Anchises. Book V concerns the funeral games for Anchises a year later.
