Record Number: 26503
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The appeal to my literary opinion was not fair. Suppose I had been in one of my cantankerous hours when the book came. But I daresay you were confident. And with reason. No native or acquired cantankerousness could resist the charm of style, the delicate simplicity of expression[...].' Hence follow four more lines of praise.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 20 May 1910 and 22 Dec 1910
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author:(Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle) Mrs Henry de La Pasture
Title:Peter's Mother
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published London: Smith Elder & Co 1905
Provenanceowned
sent by author's fiancé, Hugh Clifford.
Source Information:
Record ID:26503
Source: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:396
Additional Comments:
Letter from Jospeph Conrad to Hugh Clifford dated 22 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. 396, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26503, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
See fn.1 and 2 p. 396 of source text.
