| Evidence: | 'Thanks very much for the books. You are indeed very good to me. Hudson's volume is fine, very fine, infinitely loveable, and as one reads on, one feels one's affection increase at every page.' Hence follow 8 lines of praise. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 28 May 1911 and 2 Jun 1911 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House |
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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: | W.H.(William Henry) Hudson |
| Title: | A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs (probable) |
| Genre: | Biography, Geography / Travel, Natural history |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1910 |
| Provenance: | owned sent to Conrad by R.B Cunninghame Graham |
| Record ID: | 26623 | |
| 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: | 447 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B. Cunninghame Graham, dated 2 June 1911, Capel House. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 447, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26623, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| See fn.1, p.447 of source text for discussion of uncertainty about the identitity of the book sent. |
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