| Evidence: | 'I have the "PTFL" proof; and it is very fourth rate, I am afraid; not quite [italics] dead [end italics] you know, but ailing − very ailing.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Sep 1874 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Wales | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Llandudno? | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| 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: | Wales |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Title: | "On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places" |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Proof copy of RLS?s essay. |
| Publication details: | The essay would be published in the November 1874 Portfolio (magazine). |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 17610 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 54 | |
| Additional comments: | From section headed Saturday [19 September 1874] in Letter 314, To Frances Sitwell. 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. 54, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17610, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| This seems to refer to the proof of RLS?s essay ?On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places?, published in the Portfolio for November 1874. See p. 43, Letter 307 and note 1. |
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