| Evidence: | Referring to the reporting of the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): 'I can't say I shared in the hysterical transports of some public organs for the simple reason that I expected to see displayed all the valour, perseverance, devotion which in fact have been displayed. Confound these papers. From the tone of some of them one would have thought they expected the artillery to clear out at a gallop across hills and ravines[...]. Those infernal scribblers are rank outsiders .' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 10 Oct 1899 and 26 Oct 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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | newspapers |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | October 1899 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19292 | |
| 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: | 211 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to E.L.(Ted) Sanderson, 26th October 1899, Pent farm. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 211, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19292, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| The same letter contains earlier a reference to Conrad reading Paul Krugers' 'proclamation' presumably his ultimatum to the British government,which when it expired in October 1899 led to the declaration of war. |
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