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Record Number: 18895


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The thing ["A Paheka" ] in "West.Gaz." is excellent, excellent.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 31 Jan 1889 and 8 Feb 1899

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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 in company unknown
single serial unknown


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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

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

Title:

'A Paheka'

Genre:

Fiction, History, Biography, Geography / Travel, exact genre classification uncertain see Additional Comments

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Westminster Gazette 31 January 1899

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18895

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:

158

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Robert Cunninghame Graham, 8th February, 1899, Pent Farm.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 158, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18895, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

As this piece was according to fn.2 p. 158 in source text, subsequently repreinted in "Thirteen Stories" (1900) it is presumed to be fiction based on travel experiences. It 'reports a conversation with a neighbour about the old days of territorial plunder in New Zealand. '

   
   
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