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The optimistic Stevenson

Posted on April 2, 2016 by mafalda

As a young art student, Arthur Trevor Haddon (1864-1941), English portrait painter, had won a scholarship at the Slade School in 1883. [As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition … Continue reading →

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The devil always has an imp or two in every house, and my imps are getting lively

Posted on November 2, 2015 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 4, 1107.] To Edmund Gosse [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 136-137] La Solitude, Hyères-les-Palmiers, Var, France, May 21, 1883 My … Continue reading →

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A piece of work that both sits upon me like a stone and attracts me like a piece of travel

Posted on April 9, 2015 by mafalda

Charles John Guthrie, old friend and fellow-member of the Speculative Society, had passed Advocate six years before, as RLS himself. After RLS’s death, he became Lord Guthrie, a Senator of the Scottish Courts of Justice, and got Swanston Cottage, sacred … Continue reading →

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I find my stories affect me rather more perhaps than is wholesome

Posted on June 13, 2014 by mafalda

No one of the stories mentioned here will turn out according to RLS’s dream and desire at its first conception, or even will be preserved for use afterwards as the foundation of riper work. “Clytie” is the famous Roman bust … Continue reading →

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For two good emotions I would sacrifice a thousand years of fame

Posted on June 10, 2014 by mafalda

During his days in London RLS has gone with Mrs. Sitwell to the British Museum to revisit the Elgin marbles, and has carried off photographs of them to put up in his room at Edinburgh. ‘The desire of the moth … Continue reading →

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The optimistic Stevenson

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The devil always has an imp or two in every house, and my imps are getting lively

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A piece of work that both sits upon me like a stone and attracts me like a piece of travel

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I find my stories affect me rather more perhaps than is wholesome

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For two good emotions I would sacrifice a thousand years of fame

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