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Record Number: 28849


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A few days ago in fact I re-read "Les Caves du Vatican", with the same intetest but with an admiration that grows on each new reading. The infinity of things you put into that book, where the hand is so light and the thought so deep, is truly marvellous.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 30 Jul 1921 and 4 Aug 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:

André Gide

Title:

Les Caves du Vatican

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1914 Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

28849

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:

322

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to André Gide 5 August 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. 322, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28849, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Evidence from this letter suggests repeated re-reading. See record ID 27611 for first reading of this text.

   
   
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