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Record Number: 28854


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Many thanks for the charming copy of "The Brassbounder". It is as fresh and attarctive as ever to read and I am still under the charm of this sincere and fascinating record of things that have now passed away for ever.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 4 Jan 1921 and 6 Sep 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:

David Bone

Title:

The Brassbounder

Genre:

Fiction, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

new editions New York: Dutton 1921 and London: Duckworth 1921

Provenance

owned
sent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

28854

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:

336

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to David Bone 2 September 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. 336, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28854, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

For original reading in 1910 see record ID26468. See also letter 6 January 1921 p.239 of source text when Conrad acknowledged receipt of an advance copy of the new Duckworth edition but declined to write a preface. It is therefore not entirely clear which edition he was re-reading in 1921.

   
   
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