Record Number: 26804

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We have just had Oscar Wilde's incredible letter to Colvin and have roared over it ...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1881 and 30 Nov 1881

Country:

Switzerland

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Davos Printing Office

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:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Switzerland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Oscar Wilde

Title:

letter to Sidney Colvin

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26804

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

3

Page:

251

Additional Comments:

additional editor Ernest Mehew. letter to Frances Sitwell.

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (New Haven and London, 1994), 3, p. 251, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26804, accessed: 25 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None