Record Number: 18591
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am sorry to miss making the acquaintance of Mr Becke. Strangely enough I have been, only the other day, reading again his "Reef and Palm". Apart from the great interest of the stories what I admire most is his perfect unselfishness in the telling of them.[...] I haven't seen yet the "The First Fleet Family" and have a great curiosity.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jul 1896 and 8 Aug 1896
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Ile Grande, near Lannion
county: Cotes du Nord
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Master mariner and author
Religion:originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:By Reef and Palm
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1894 Fisher Unwin
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18591
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:1
Page:298
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to T.Fisher Unwin, 9 August, France
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 298, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18591, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
Louis Becke (1855-1913) was an Australian novelist and short story writer who wrote extensively on the South Pacific.