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The garden, which is above, is lovely, and will be cool in summer

Posted on September 16, 2015 by mafalda

From Marseilles, RLS and Fanny returned as far as Hyeres, a winter resort 11 miles east of Toulon and 3 miles inland from the sea. They stayed there through the greater part of February 1883, at the Hôtel des Îles … Continue reading →

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Posted in Letters, Robert Louis Stevenson | Tagged attack, better, cheerful, civilisation, cool, Cummy, dear, eat, excellent, Fanny, flesh, francs, garden, health, healthy, hill, house, Hyeres-les-Palmiers, kitchen, La Solitude, landlord, little, lodging, lovely, month, rent, rooms, shops, society, spirits, strength, Summer, threatenings, town, walk, work, year | 1 Comment

I wish I was well away somewhere else. I feel like flight some days; honour bright

Posted on August 5, 2015 by mafalda

In the heat of conversation RLS was accustomed to invent any number of fictitious personages, generally Scottish, and to give them names and to set them playing their imaginary parts in life, reputable or otherwise. Many of these inventions, of … Continue reading →

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O never, never any family for me! I am cured of that

Posted on January 6, 2015 by mafalda

The landlord’s child, Robbie Carson, survived. [Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 3, 688]. To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 1, p. 329] 608 Bush Street, … Continue reading →

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This is not a gay way to pass Christmas, is it?

Posted on December 7, 2014 by mafalda

Fanny Vandegrift obtained her divorce from Samuel Osbourne in Oakland, Ca., on 12 December 1879. The Emigrant is of course The Amateur Emigrant, the account of RLS’s journey to California, then still in draft. The “novel” should be A Vendetta … Continue reading →

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I envy you your wife, your home, your child – I was going to say your cat

Posted on October 18, 2014 by mafalda

The ‘humorous friend’ was Charles Baxter: RLS stayed the weekend with the Baxters at Lochcote House near Bathgate, now demolished. Edmund William Gosse used to sign with two initials, E.W.G. The nickname Weg was fastened on him by RLS, partly … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: landlord

The garden, which is above, is lovely, and will be cool in summer

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I wish I was well away somewhere else. I feel like flight some days; honour bright

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O never, never any family for me! I am cured of that

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This is not a gay way to pass Christmas, is it?

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I envy you your wife, your home, your child – I was going to say your cat

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