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Record Number: 28895


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I've had the "Fortnightly [Review]" sent to me. I've just finished your "Sainte Beuve". My dear fellow! It's an admirable analytical exposition of the man himself. I've never read anything of this kind that gave me the same sense of penetrating vision coupled with formal perfection.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1923 and 6 Feb 1923

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:

Jean Aubry

Title:

Sainte Beuve (exact title unknown)

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the Fortnightly Review, 113, 1923

Provenance

unknown
sent to reader , provenance unspecified


Source Information:

Record ID:

28895

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

23

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Jean Aubry dated 6 February 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. 23, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28895, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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