Record Number: 28894
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thanks for the press cuttings. The accident on board that ship was an extraordinary one.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1921 and 31 Dec 1921
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:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A True Story: Loss and Record of the Wreck of the Ship "Dalgonar" of Liverpool
Genre:History, maritime history
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsLondon Mercury, September 1921
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28894
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2008
Vol:8
Page:14
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Elbrige L. Adams dated 22 January 1923, Oswalds
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924 (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 14, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28894, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
This is circumstantial evidence of reading over a year earlier. See fn.1, p.14 of source text, for more details of this article and Conrad's letter of response.
