Record Number: 28360

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'This morning [Reginald Perceval] Gibbon's corespondence [on the aftermath of the battle of Caporetto] in the "D[aily]C[hronicle]" was very reserved.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

12 Nov 1917

Country:

England

Time

morning

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:

Reginald Perceval Gibbon

Title:

article published in "Daily Chronicle"

Genre:

front line journalism

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

Daily Chronicle 12 November 1917

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28360

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

6

Page:

146

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Sir Sidney Colvin dated 12 November 1917 Capel House

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 146, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28360, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

see fn. 3 and 4 p. 146 of source text for details of this article.