Evidence: | 'Many thanks for the copy of your book which I have read with the greatest of interest and pleasure.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1914 and 14 Apr 1914 | ||||||||||
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: | James Johnston Abraham |
Title: | A Surgeon's Log: Being Impressions of the Far East |
Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | first published Chapman Hall 1911. |
Provenance: | owned sent by author |
Record ID: | 28935 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
Editor: | Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape | |
Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923 | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 2007 | |
Vol: | 9 | |
Page: | 173 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to J.J. Abraham dated 14 April 1914, Capel House |
Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923 (Cambridge, 2007), 9, p. 173, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28935, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Date range speculative but likely to have been early April 1914, given Conrad's usual habit of promptly acknowledging books sent to him, or apologising when reply delayed by gout, other illness, or travel. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)