Record Number: 28935
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Many thanks for the copy of your book which I have read with the greatest of interest and pleasure.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1914 and 14 Apr 1914
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
Capel House
(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 Surgeon's Log: Being Impressions of the Far East
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published Chapman Hall 1911.
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28935
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2007
Vol:9
Page:173
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to J.J. Abraham dated 14 April 1914, Capel House
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923 (Cambridge, 2007), 9, p. 173, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28935, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range speculative but likely to have been early April 1914, given Conrad's usual habit of promptly acknowledging books sent to him, or apologising when reply delayed by gout, other illness, or travel.
