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Record Number: 28939


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I ought to have thanked you before for Mrs Soskice's book. I remember it had a good press when it first appeared. It certainly has a quality but it is very much like the one-time Juliet.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 28 Mar 1922 and 1 May 1922

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Bishopsbourne
Kent
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:

Juliet M. Soskice (Hueffer)

Title:

Memoirs from Childhood: Reminiscences of an Artist's Grand-daughter

Genre:

Biography, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Selwyn and Blount, 1921

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

28939

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

241

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Sydney Cockerell, 1 May 1922 Oswalds.

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. 241, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28939, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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