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. |
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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 |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | 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 |
Record ID: | 27675 | |
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: | 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 |
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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