| Evidence: | 'Is it the third or the fifth book of Virgil you so much liked; I have taken to reading the third.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 20 Oct 1874 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Mainly Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Mainly Edinburgh | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Age | Unknown |
| 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: | Mainly Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Virgil |
| Title: | The Aeneid, Books III and probably V |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Probably the Latin text. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17669 | |
| 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: | 65 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 324, To Bob Stevenson, [20 October 1874]. 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. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17669, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| The number of Books mentioned excludes the Georgics and the Eclogues of Virgil, so this must refer to his Aeneid. Book III describes the wanderings of Aeneas and his Trojans after sailing from Troy, their various adventures (e.g. the Harpies, Polyphemus) and the death of Anchises. Book V concerns the funeral games for Anchises a year later. |
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