Evidence: | '[…] I keep reading XVth Century […]' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between Oct 1875 and Feb 1876 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Edinburgh county: Lothian |
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Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1850 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Uncommitted |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | various |
Title: | [works on the fifteenth century] |
Genre: | History, Poetry, Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book, Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22166 | |
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: | 171 | |
Additional comments: | Letter 431, To Frances Sitwell, [February 1876], [17 Heriot Row]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The material 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. 171, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22166, accessed: 17 April 2024 |
RLS seems to be referring to his current continuation of the course of reading of and on French 15th-century authors and historical figures that he mentions in earlier letters (see e.g. Letter 422 and ID 21724; Letter 424 and IDs 21882 and 21883). |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)