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“And the wind swoops at me round the corner, like a lion, and fluffs the snow in my face”
[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1944.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 39-41] Saranac Lake [c. 20 December 1887] My dear Colvin,This … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson, Senza categoria
Tagged Aeneid, Amata, bleakness, Burns, catarrh, chill, Circe, Colvin, Darwinian Sermon, Davos, delight, eating, elsewhere, essays, fashion, French, Gillson, grey, health, heaven, income, inspiration, J.P., James, landscape, Latin, Meredith, money, papers, Pulviset Umbra, Robert Louis Stevenson, Roderick Hudson, Saranac Lake, Scotch, Scotland, Scribner's Magazine, sentiments, sermon, Smith, snow, song, spelling, veranda, wind, winter, woods
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“We shall steal incognito into la bonne ville”
[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 5, 1863.] To Will H. Low [Colvin 1911, 2, p. 380] [Skerryvore, Bournemouth, August 6th, 1887] My dear Low, We ― my mother, my wife, my … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson
Tagged Fanny Stevenson, French, health, inspiration, Lloyd Osbourne, Low, Ludgate Hill, maidservant, Margaret Isabella Stevenson, mother, New York, Newport, Robert Louis Stevenson, Scribners, Skerryvore, stepson, The Canoe Speaks, Underwoods, verses, voyage, wife, Wilson line
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“But the odd problem is: what makes a story true?”
[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 5, 1766.] To Lady Taylor [Colvin 1912, pp. 222-223] [Skerryvore, Bournemouth, c. 22 February, 1887] My dear Lady Taylor, I don’t know but what I agree fairly well … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson
Tagged cat, disease, evil, false, Fanny, fantasia, health, inspiration, irreverence, Lady Taylor, Lloyd, man, Marhheim, Merry Men, Olalla, readers, Robert Louis Stevenson, sea, Skerryvore, style, Thrawn Janet, thrilling, true, vision
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There is but one art — to omit! O if I knew how to omit, I would ask no other knowledge
[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 4,1148.] To Bob Stevenson [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 172-175] La Sotitude, Hyères [? 30 October 1883] My … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson
Tagged art, blindness, Bob, Bough, Fanny, friends, health, idealism, inspiration, omit, painter, Robert Louis Stevenson, seeing, significance, studio, symbols
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I always feel as if I must write a work of genius some time or other
[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 3, 698.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 1, pp. 335-336] P.O. S.F. Cal. [East Oakland, mid-April 1880.] … Continue reading
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