Tag Archives: Deacon Brodie

“I fear the railroad car as abjectly as I do an earwig”

Posted on August 10, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1972.] To Harriet Monroe [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 36-37] Saranac Lake, New York [December 19, 1887] Dear Miss Monroe, … Continue reading →

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“A prophet has certainly a devil of a lot of honour (and much coins) in another country”

Posted on April 26, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1901.] To W.E. Henley [Colvin 1912, pp. 234-236] [Saranac Lake, c. 8 October 1887] My dear lad, I … Continue reading →

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Fame is (truly) a vapour; do not think of it

Posted on May 25, 2016 by mafalda

From mid-November 1884 to mid-April 1885 RLS and his wife were tenants of a house named Bonallie Towers, pleasantly situated amid the pinewoods of Branksome Park, Bournemouth, and by its name recalling familiar Midlothian associations (Bonaly was an area on … Continue reading →

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I grow daily more lymphatic and benign; bring me a dynamiter, that I may embrace and bless him!

Posted on May 11, 2016 by mafalda

Edmund Gosse had been ill and only later sent Henley a friendly letter pledging his support for Deacon Brodie, the joint work of RLS and Henley (the play was to be performed in London early in July 1884). Henley had … Continue reading →

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I fear my affections are not strong to my past works

Posted on May 7, 2016 by mafalda

The play of Deacon Brodie, the joint work of RLS and W.E. Henley, was to be performed in London early in July 1884. [As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical … Continue reading →

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To the folks that mind o’ me when I’m awa’

Posted on December 16, 2014 by mafalda

The Dook de Karneel (= Duke of Cornhill) and Marky de Stephen is Leslie Stephen, the editor of Cornill Magazine. The “blood and thunder” is RLS’s story, The Pavilion on the Links, just then accepted for the Cornhill. The Deacon … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Deacon Brodie

“I fear the railroad car as abjectly as I do an earwig”

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“A prophet has certainly a devil of a lot of honour (and much coins) in another country”

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Fame is (truly) a vapour; do not think of it

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I grow daily more lymphatic and benign; bring me a dynamiter, that I may embrace and bless him!

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I fear my affections are not strong to my past works

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To the folks that mind o’ me when I’m awa’

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