| Evidence: | 'Does the A[natole] F[rance] next book consist of the proofs you've let me see? And what on earth is one to write about it?' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Oct 1908 and 10 Oct 1908 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Luton Hoo Estate county: Bedfordshire specific address: Someries |
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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: | Anatole France |
| Title: | L'Ile des Pingouins |
| Genre: | Fiction, History, Politics, political satire as fiction |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Sheet, Proofs |
| Publication details: | Calmann-Lévy, 1908 |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 25044 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1990 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 142 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford dated 10 October 1908, Someries. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 142, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25044, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Conrad wrote an appreciative review of this book for the 'English Review' see fn. 5, p. 140 of source text, and also Knowles and Moore 'The Oxford Readers Companion to Conrad' (2000) p.126. |
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