| Evidence: | 'My dearest Jack I read the "C[ountry H[ouse]" with perfectly unalloyed delight. [...] I can only say it came to me in book form with a freshness, with a force, with an authority which simply amazed me.'
Hence follow four more lines of unqualified praise. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 5 Mar 1907 and 19 Mar 1907 | ||||||||||
| 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: | John Galsworthy |
| Title: | The Country House |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: Heinemann, 1907 |
| Provenance: | owned gift from author |
| Record ID: | 21549 | |
| 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: | 424 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 19 March 1907, Montpellier. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 424, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21549, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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