| Evidence: | 'Best wishes for the book's career begun yesterday—wasn't it?' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1922 and 24 Jul 1922 | ||||||||||
| 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: | Richard Curle |
| Title: | Into the East: Notes on Burma and Malaya |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | subsequently published by Macmillan, 1923 with a preface by Conrad |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 28896 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 2008 | |
| Vol: | 8 | |
| Page: | 56 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Richard Curle dated 22 March 1923, Oswalds |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924 (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 56, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28896, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Since Conrad wrote a preface (see letter 24 July 1922, vol. 7, p.49, of source text), it can be deduced that he first read the text in MS though no direct evidence of this has to date been found in the many letters to its author. |
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