Record Number: 23772

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have found […] a "Courant" which was speedily dismembered and has been read eagerly down to the Theatre Advertisements.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 9 Sep 1876 and 14 Sep 1876

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Pontoise

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

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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:

Writer

Religion:

Uncommitted

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Le Courant

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

September 1876

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23772

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

190

Additional Comments:

Letter 448, To his Mother, [13 or 14 September 1876; this date has been added by the editors], Hotel du Grand Cerf, Dubec-Lebreton, Pontoise.

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. 190, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23772, accessed: 23 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None