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Record Number: 27740


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Ever so many thanks for the honour of the dedication; and for the copy [of "Figures of Several Centuries"] which reached me yesterday. I sat up with it of course. There are marvellous pages there.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

9 Dec 1916

Country:

England

Time

evening
night

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


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:

Arthur Symons

Title:

Figures of Several Centuries

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1916 Constable

Provenance

owned
gift from author


Source Information:

Record ID:

27740

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph c

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:

686

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Arthur Symons dated 9 December, Capel House

Citation:

Joseph c, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 686, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27740, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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