Record Number: 18654

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read the "Badge" It won't hurt you --or only very little. Crane-ibn-Crane el Yankee is all right. The man sees the outside of many things and the inside of some.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1895 and 7 Jan 1898

Country:

Unknown probably England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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

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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:

Unknown probably England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Stephen Crane

Title:

The Red Badge of Courage

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1895 D. Appleton and Co. New York. Serialised in newspaper late 1894. Details of first British edition not known

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18654

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

2

Page:

4

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B.Cunninghame Graham, Stanford-le-Hope 7 January 1898

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18654, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None