| Evidence: | 'What I set out to say was that all these delays, vexing as they were, gave me the time to read "The Downfall of the Gods" three times from end to end. As to pages and psasages read and re-read and meditated over I can 't give you that tale of them even approximately' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Apr 1911 and 22 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: | Hugh Clifford |
| Title: | The Downfall of the Gods |
| Genre: | Fiction, History, Historical novel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | John Murray, 1911 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 26663 | |
| 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: | 451 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Hugh Clifford dated Coronation Day 22 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. 451, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26663, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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