| Evidence: | 'Did you − I forget − did you have a kick at the stern works of that melancholy puppy and humbug Daniel Deronda himself? − the Prince of Prigs: the literary abomination of Desolation in the way of manhood: a type which is enough to make a man forswear the love of women, if that is how it must be gained….' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: Dec 1877 | ||||||||||
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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: | Writer |
| Religion: | Uncommitted |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | George Eliot |
| Title: | Daniel Deronda |
| Genre: | Fiction, Daniel Deronda |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Published in Edinburgh and London in 1876 by William Blackwood & Sons. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27946 | |
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| 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: | 228 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 492, To Arthur Patchett Martin, [December 1877], 17 Heriot Row. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The foregoing 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. 228, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27946, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| "Daniel Deronda" was published in Edinburgh and London in 1876 by William Blackwood & Sons. RLS's remarks on Daniel Deronda are prompted here by his memory of an article written not by Martin but by Catherine Spence (see p. 228, Note 1). |
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