Evidence: | 'As to "Bushwhacking" you know I prize it above anything that may be written in acknowledgement of a presentation volume.[...]The book I consider as the best expression of your talent. All is seen and all is felt, with that gift of expression peculiar to you which suggests action itself underneath the record of vision and emotion.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
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: | Hugh Clifford |
Title: | Bushwhacking and Other Sketches |
Genre: | Fiction, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | August 1901 |
Provenance: | owned Presentation copy from author |
Record ID: | 19393 | |
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: | 404 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Hugh Clifford, dated 5 April, 1902, 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. 404, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19393, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
According to his entry in the ODNB, Hugh Clifford's various collections of 'sketches' were semi-autobiographical short stories, and based on his Far Eastern experiences. |
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