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Record Number: 26478


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It was ever so good of you to have sent me the Hogarth little book. I knew practically nothing of the man and I was glad to learn.' Hence follow 13 lines of praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1910 and 22 Nov 1910

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
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:

Edward Garnett

Title:

Hogarth

Genre:

Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Duckworth 1902,1910. From context, likely that Conrad was reading the reprinted 1910 edition

Provenance

owned
sent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

26478

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:

390-1

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett dated 22 November, 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. 390-1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26478, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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