| Evidence: | 'I have this moment received your very kind letter with the enclosure of verse for which I hasten to send you my warm thanks. The verse is very genuine and has appealed to me. My compliments to David Morton for having captured this musing mood so charmingly and with such a felicity of expression and images.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 9 Aug 1920 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | Bishopsbourne Kent 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: | David Morton |
| Title: | ?Old Ships |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 28938 | |
| 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: | 229-30 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Kate Gordon Quill 9 August 1920, Oswalds. |
| 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. 229-30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28938, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Identity of text speculative, see fn.1, p.230 of source text. |
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