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Record Number: 24812


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' I have just finished the book ["Mr. Apollo"] which reached me this morning [...].It comes off magnificently.' Hence follow 14 lines of almost unqualified praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 31 Jul 1908 and 7 Aug 1908

Country:

England

Time

evening
night

Place:

city: Luton Hoo Estate
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries

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:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)

Title:

Mr. Apollo

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: proofs

Publication Details

Methuen, August 1908

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

24812

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

4

Page:

98

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford, 31 July or 7 August 1908, Someries. See fn.2 p.98 of source text

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 98, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24812, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Fn. 2, p.98 of source text places date of the letter ane hence the reading experience as either Friday 31 July or Friday 7th August 1908.

   
   
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