Record Number: 26468
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Your gift is none the less welcome because I read your book a few weeks ago. E[dward] Garnett, Duckworth's literary advisor sent it to me shortly after publication.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jul 1910 and 1 Aug 1910
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
(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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Brassbounder
Genre:Fiction, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsDuckworth 1910
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:26468
Source: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:356
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to David Bone dated 10 August 1910 Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 356, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26468, accessed: 23 April 2024
Additional Comments:
David Bone (1874-1959) was a Scottish sailor and writer, see fn.1, 2 and 5, p.356 of source text. See also letter to John Galsworthy 27 October 1910 pp.380-1 of source text.
