Record Number: 28819
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Ever so many thanks too for the "Life and Miracles" which I have just read for the second time.There is no one but you to render so poignantly the pathetic and desperate effects of human credulity. It is a marvellous piece of sustained narrative and of intensely personal prose.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1920 and 15 Apr 1920
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
(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:
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Text Being Read:
Author:Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Title:A Brazilian Mystic, being the Life and Miracles of Antonio Conselheiro
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsHeinemann 1920
Provenanceowned
copy sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28819
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2005
Vol:7
Page:77
Additional Comments:
Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to R.B.Cunninghame Graham dated 15 April 1920, Oswalds
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922 (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 77, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28819, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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