Evidence: | 'In reading the last number of the "Mercure [de France]" I had a moment of very lively pleasure, and I owe it to you. Thanks. you have given your opinin in words that go straight to my heart. The phrase "who is one of ours" touched me, for, truly I feel bound to France by a deep sympathy [...]' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jun 1899 and 10 Jul 1899 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Stanford near Hythe county: Kent specific address: Pent Farm |
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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: | 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, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Mercure de France |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | June or July 1899 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 19225 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 186 | |
Additional comments: | Trans. of letter in French to H.-D (Henry-Durand) Davray, 10th July 1899, Pent Farm. See additional comments |
Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 186, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19225, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
Henry-Durand Davray was a regular contributor to the 'Mercure de France' and editor of its Collection of Foreign Authors. (entry in source text p.xxx) |
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