Record Number: 26677

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have read the MS. I have read it twice.' Hence follow 20 lines of quite strong but constructive criticism.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 21 Oct 1911 and 18 Nov 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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

(Francis) Warrington Dawson

Title:

unspecified

Genre:

Unknown,

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26677

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:

504

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad Warrngton Dawson dated 11 or 18 November 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. 504, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26677, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

The MS is unidentified. See fn.1 and 2 p. 504 of source text and also later letter 25 November 1911 retracting some of the criticism.