| Evidence: | 'Piano again disentangled; and some hope, not for it only, but for the tale. I have read it to my mother, who thought it was the only one of mine she had ever heard, that promised any possible success: I have read some of it also to Baxter who was pleased and counselled me to go on with it. I suppose with these two opinions I should feel strengthened.'
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 6 Nov 1874 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh. specific address: [17 Heriot Row]. |
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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: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
RLS's mother, Margaret Isabella Stevenson; on another occasion, Charles Baxter. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Title: | unknown "Tale" |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown, Seems to refer to one of a set of stories that RLS had at various stages of planning and completion, see Letter 329. |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 17976 | |
| 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: | 78 | |
| Additional comments: | From section headed Friday [6 November 1874] in Letter 331, To Frances Sitwell, Wednesday [4 November 1874]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The dates in square brackets have 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. 78, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17976, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| RLS was hoping to be able to afford to provide Frances Sitwell with a piano. RLS had a set of stories at various stages of planning and completion, see Letter 329. |
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