| Evidence: | 'I admit, then, that I read and admired "The Immoralist" all of two years ago. Davray gave it to me. I have not said anything but someone has filched my copy; and I wanted to get the book from you. As to the volume of criticism, all I can tell you is that I am so much in accord with the sentiment of this book that the sympathy--permit me to say affection-- that I felt for you from the first moment is infinitely increased.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1909 and 31 Dec 1909 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Aldington, Nr Hythe county: Kent specific address: Forehead |
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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: | André Gide |
| Title: | L'Immoraliste |
| Genre: | Fiction, Autobiog / Diary, |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | first published in limited edition 1902, unknown which edition Conrad had read; |
| Provenance: | owned present from H-D Davray |
| Record ID: | 26702 | |
| 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: | 528 | |
| Additional comments: | Trans. of letter in French from Joseph Conrad to André Gide dated 26 December 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. 528, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26702, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Place of experience speculative but by the second half of 1909, the likely time frame of the reading experience, Conrad was in living in Aldington. |
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