Record Number: 26479

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Now I have looked [at the verses] I have to thank you for the kind thought of sending me the little volume and for the pleasure it has given me.' Hence follow eight lines of praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1910 and 4 Dec 1910

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
Capel House

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

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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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Douglas Goldring

Title:

A Country Boy and Other Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Adelphi Press, 1910

Provenance

owned
sent by author

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26479

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

4

Page:

394

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Douglas Goldring dated 4 December, 1910 Capel House.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 394, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26479, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

See also fn.1 p. 394