| Evidence: | 'The blessed vol: ["The Fifth Queen"] arrived about 4 days ago - or is it a week? I've read it twice - thats all.[...] Here I'll add one more phrase bearing upon the most "sensible" general effect.[...] The pictorial impression of the whole is positively overwhelming.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 22 Mar 1906 and 29 Mar 1906 | ||||||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Montpellier county: Herault specific address: Continental et Riche Hotel, Place de la Comedie |
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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: | France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer) |
| Title: | The Fifth Queen and how she came to court |
| Genre: | Fiction, History, Historical novel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: Alston Rivers,1906 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 21515 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 324 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford dated 29 March 1906, Riche Hotel, Montpellier, France |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 324, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21515, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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