Record Number: 21349
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My discouragement is from many causes: among others the re-reading of my Italian story. Forgive me, Colvin, but I cannot agree with you; it seems green fruit to me, if not really unwholesome; it is profoundly feeble, damn its weak knees!'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 19 Jul 1875
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
county: Lothian
specific address: [Swanston Cottage, Lothianburn]
(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:Writer (he has now passed his law exams and can start to devote himself entirely to writing).
Religion:Uncommitted
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:When the Devil Was Well.
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21349
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:152
Additional Comments:
Letter 406, To Sidney Colvin, [c. 19 July 1875], [Swanston]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The material 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. 152, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21349, accessed: 20 March 2023
Additional Comments:
I take it that RLS refers here to a re-reading of his story in progress “When the Devil Was Well”, on which he had sought Colvin’s opinion (see e.g. Letter 402 and ID 20730.
