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Record Number: 28828


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Many thanks indeed for your good letter and for the little book ["La Symphonie Pastorale"] whose precious pages I will cut tonight "in the silence of my study" in a peaceful house where everyone has gone to bed.[...] For me that is the moment for friends' books.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

30 Nov 1920

Country:

England

Time

evening
night

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
location in dwelling: study

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:

André Gide

Title:

La Symphonie Pastorale

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française: Paris 1919

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

28828

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

212

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to André Gide, dated by source editors as (probably) 30 November 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. 212, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28828, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

This record has been included because it gives specific evidence of intention to read a text at a clearly defined time and place.

   
   
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