| Evidence: | Taking a book of Browning's poems from his pocket he showed Louis a verse which he said he could not understand...bending forward, his hands clasped, he gazed expectant, while Louis read over the poem. Alas, for the hero worshipper! This is what the Master said: 'I'm damned if I know what it means. It reads like cat's meat to me.' |
||||||||||
| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1890 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
|
||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Listener): |
|
||||||||||
| 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: | Australia |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Robert Browning |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 12850 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Isobel Field | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | This Life I've Loved | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1937 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 243 | |
| Additional comments: | Memoir of Stevenson's step-daughter, Isobel Field (previously Strong, nee Osbourne). |
| Citation: | Isobel Field, This Life I've Loved (London, 1937), p. 243, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12850, accessed: 10 December 2023 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)