Record Number: 27684

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' I've just finished "B[ernal] Diaz". The terminal pages of the preface are just lovely with their irresistable reference to the tempi passati. As to the book itself no personal friend of the old Conquistador could have put it together with greater skill and more tender care.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 26 Feb 1915 and 28 Oct 1915

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: 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:

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

Title:

Bernal Diaz de Castillo:Being Some Account of Him Taken From His True History of the Conquest of New Spain

Genre:

History, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1915 Eveleigh Nash

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27684

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

5

Page:

520

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B.Cunninghame Grahame 28 October 1915, Capel House.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 520, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27684, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

See letter 25 February 1915 p. 447 of source text, in which Conrad indicates his intention to order this book immediately, having read a review of it.