| Evidence: | 'I see the "Obs[erv]er" every Sunday and I am waiting the next number with impatience.' [ For a review by Sidney Colvin of "The Shadow-Line"] |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | Orlestone nr. Ashford Kent 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: | |
| Title: | Observer newspaper |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | weekly each Sunday. |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 27764 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 2002 | |
| Vol: | 6 | |
| Page: | 52 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Sidney Colvin dated 23 March 1917, Capel House. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 52, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27764, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| See also earlier record ID 27763 and also subsequent letter to Colvin dated 25 March, p.53 of source text praising his notice in the "Observer". Conrad's frequent comments on his readings of reviews of his own work have not been submitted as individual experiences. |
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