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Record Number: 28847


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thank you for sending me the comedy. I found it [...] interesting and greatly entertaining, which however dd not prevent me from taking your work quite seriously.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1921 and 10 Jun 1921

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds

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:

Bruno Winawer

Title:

Ksiega Hioba (The Book of Job)

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: playscript

Publication Details

Warsaw: Nakładem Autora, 1921.

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

28847

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:

300

Additional Comments:

Letter in Polish from Joseph Conrad to Bruno Winawer 10 June 1921, 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. 300, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28847, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Bruno Winawer (see fn.3, p.300 of source text) was a Polish short story writer and dramatist. Conrad subsequently translated the play himself.

   
   
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