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Record Number: 26471


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I must thank you for the "B[lack]wood" where your "Puffin" was really interesting.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1910 and 12 Oct 1910

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House

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:

Stephen Reynolds

Title:

The Puffin (uncertain)

Genre:

History, Geography / Travel, see additional comment

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Blackwood's Magazine October 1910

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

26471

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:

373

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Stephen Reynolds, dated 12 October, 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. 373, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26471, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

The genre of this piece about a small motor boat is not entirely clear. See also fn.1, p.373 of source text

   
   
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