Evidence: | 'If we had telephonic communication I would call you up and hear me thump my chest and cry mea culpa for not having written to him [Ford Madox Ford] about the [Henry] James book for which the precise word is: delightful.'
Hence follow 6 lines of praise for Ford's new book. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 14 Jan 1914 and 23 Feb 1914 | ||||||||||
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: | Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer) |
Title: | Henry James:A Critical Study |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1913 or 1914 Secker, see additional comments |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 27635 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
Editor: | Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies | |
Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
Vol: | 5 | |
Page: | 360-1 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Violet Hunt ('Mrs Hueffer') dated 23 February 1914, Capel House. |
Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 360-1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27635, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
The date of publication of this text is cited in COPAC entries as 1913 but as 1' January 1914 in a fn. in the source text p.360. The reading expeience date range is therfore an estimate. |
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