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“I am Samoan enough to have been moved”

Posted on June 29, 2022 by mafalda

[Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 100-113; Mehew 7, 2452] This letter tells without preface the story of the expedition planned in the preceding, see https://lettersofrobertlouisstevenson.wordpress.com/2022/05/22/august-14-1745/. [As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin; for full, correct and critical … Continue reading →

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“At the lip of a plateau, I suppose the top of Vaea mountain”

Posted on September 5, 2021 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2378.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 378-92] [Vailima] Tuesday [15] Dec. 1891 Sir, I have the … Continue reading →

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