| Evidence: | 'I also gratefully acknowledge receipt of the "Daily Telegraph." The Liberal gov was defeated on the budget vote a day or so [9 June 1885] before our departure from Penarth; as soon as we arrived here I looked anxiously t[h]rough the papers expecting great things.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 22 Sep 1885 and 13 Oct 1885 | ||||||||||
| Country: | (British Crown Colony of) Singapore | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Singapore | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Dec 1857 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Mariner (First Mate) Masters certificate obtained 1886) |
| Religion: | originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist |
| Country of origin: | Poland |
| Country of experience: | (British Crown Colony of) Singapore |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | newspaper (Daily Telegraph) |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | 1885 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 18520 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 12 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad (signed as` 'Conrad N. Korzeniowski') to Spiridion Kliszczewski, Polish emigrant and Cardiff watchmaker, dated 13th October 1885, Singapore. According to eds. of source material (p lxiv) this may be the first letter Conrad wrote in English. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 12, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18520, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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