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Record Number: 26623


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thanks very much for the books. You are indeed very good to me. Hudson's volume is fine, very fine, infinitely loveable, and as one reads on, one feels one's affection increase at every page.' Hence follow 8 lines of praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 28 May 1911 and 2 Jun 1911

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:

W.H.(William Henry) Hudson

Title:

A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs (probable)

Genre:

Biography, Geography / Travel, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1910

Provenance

owned
sent to Conrad by R.B Cunninghame Graham


Source Information:

Record ID:

26623

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:

447

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B. Cunninghame Graham, dated 2 June 1911, 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. 447, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26623, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

See fn.1, p.447 of source text for discussion of uncertainty about the identitity of the book sent.

   
   
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