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Record 27675

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Thanks for the book ["The Little Man"]. "Abracadabra" is immense. Indeed every page is as full as it can be right through the book.' Hence follow five more lines of praise.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 10 Apr 1915 and 18 May 1915
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: John Galsworthy
Title: The Little Man and other satires
Genre: Fiction, Drama
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1915 Heinemann
Provenance: owned
gift from author

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27675  
Source - Print  
  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: 477
  Additional comments: Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy 18 May 1915, 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. 477, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27675, accessed: 18 April 2024

Additional comments:

See also letter to Galsworthy of 10 April 1915, p.466 of source text, in which some of the contents of this text are discussed

 

 

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