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Record Number: 19225


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In reading the last number of the "Mercure [de France]" I had a moment of very lively pleasure, and I owe it to you. Thanks. you have given your opinin in words that go straight to my heart. The phrase "who is one of ours" touched me, for, truly I feel bound to France by a deep sympathy [...]'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1899 and 10 Jul 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:

Title:

Mercure de France

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

June or July 1899

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19225

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:

186

Additional Comments:

Trans. of letter in French to H.-D (Henry-Durand) Davray, 10th July 1899, Pent Farm. See additional comments

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 186, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19225, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Henry-Durand Davray was a regular contributor to the 'Mercure de France' and editor of its Collection of Foreign Authors. (entry in source text p.xxx)

   
   
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