Record Number: 18877

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Just a word or two about Robert's book. It is a glorious performance.Much as we expected of him. [...] Nothing approaching it has appeared since Burton's "Mecca" ["Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah" 1855] [...] The Journey in Morocco is a work of art, a book of travel written like this is no longer a book of travel--it is a creative work.[...] The book pulled at my very heart strings.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1898 and 4 Dec 1898

Country:

England

Time

evening
night

Place:

city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

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:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

unnamed male house guest(s) who read the text over Conrad's shoulder. see additional comments.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham

Title:

Mogreb-el-Acksa

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London Heinemann 1898

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18877

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

2

Page:

125

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to the Hon A.E.Bontine [mother of Robert Cunninhame Graham] 4th December 1898, Pent Farm, Kent

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 125, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18877, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

This letter suggests two other reactive readers/listeners, possibly see fn. 2 p.125 of source text, Ford Madox Ford or Edwin Pugh (novelist) See also letter to R.B.Cunninghame Graham 1st December 1898 p.124 source text.