| Evidence: | 'The new edition of the "Island Ph[arisee]" arrived during the crisis of horrors [severe gout and the debilitating effects of the then new colchicine treatment] and I tackled the preface with as much mind as I had then. It is thoroughly good I think.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1908 and 13 Feb 1908 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: near Luton county: Bedfordshire specific address: Someries, Luton Hoo Estate location in dwelling |
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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: | John Galsworthy |
| Title: | The Island Pharisees |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: Heinemann, 1907. second revised edition with preface by author |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 21668 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4, 1908-1911 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1990 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 41 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ada Galsworthy dated 13 February 1908, letterhead:Someries |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4, 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21668, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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