| Evidence: | Robert Louis Stevenson to Henry James, November-early December 1887: "I must break out with the news that I can't bear the Portrait of a Lady. I read it all, and I wept, too; but I can't stand your having written it, and I beg you will write no more of the like." |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Henry James |
| Title: | Portrait of a Lady |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6909 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry James | |
| Editor: | Leon Edel | |
| Title: | Henry James: Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | 3 | |
| Page: | 207 n.2 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980), 3, p. 207 n.2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6909, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
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