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Record Number: 18591


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am sorry to miss making the acquaintance of Mr Becke. Strangely enough I have been, only the other day, reading again his "Reef and Palm". Apart from the great interest of the stories what I admire most is his perfect unselfishness in the telling of them.[...] I haven't seen yet the "The First Fleet Family" and have a great curiosity.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1896 and 8 Aug 1896

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Ile Grande, near Lannion
county: Cotes du Nord

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

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:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Lewis (Louis) Becke

Title:

By Reef and Palm

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1894 Fisher Unwin

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18591

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

1

Page:

298

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to T.Fisher Unwin, 9 August, France

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 298, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18591, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Louis Becke (1855-1913) was an Australian novelist and short story writer who wrote extensively on the South Pacific.

   
   
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