| Evidence: | 'A few days ago in fact I re-read "Les Caves du Vatican", with the same intetest but with an admiration that grows on each new reading. The infinity of things you put into that book, where the hand is so light and the thought so deep, is truly marvellous.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 30 Jul 1921 and 4 Aug 1921 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bishopsbourne county: Kent specific address: Oswalds |
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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: | Les Caves du Vatican |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1914 Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 28849 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Laurence Davies and J. H. Stape | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 2005 | |
| Vol: | 7 | |
| Page: | 322 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to André Gide 5 August 1921, Oswalds |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J. H. Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922 (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 322, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28849, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Evidence from this letter suggests repeated re-reading. See record ID 27611 for first reading of this text. |
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