Record Number: 20886
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'If you don't know already it may interest you to know that in Anatole France's last book ["Sur la pierre blanche"] there are two allusions to you.' Hence follow eleven lines of clarification and discussion.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 25 Apr 1905 and 20 Oct 1905
Country:probably England
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Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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:probably England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Sur la pierre blanche
Genre:Fiction, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsParis: Calman-Lévy, 1905
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20886
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:n/a
Page:288
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G.Wells dated 2oth October 1905, Pent Farm
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 288, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20886, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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