Record Number: 28901

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thank you very much for your letter and the pamphlet in which I was very much interested.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 1 Sep 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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

David John Nicoll

Title:

"Commonweal": The Greenwich Mystery

Genre:

History, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet, Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Sheffield: D Nicoll 1897

Provenance

owned
sent by recipient of letter

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28901

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:

165

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ambrose Barker 1 September 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. 165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28901, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None