Record Number: 27614
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'That's why [an attack of gout] I did not write to thank you for your book ["A Hatchment"] (and the Ranee's) ["My Life in Sarawak"] as soon as I ought to have done. Upon my word it's a marvellous volume [...]. The Ranee's book is delightfully ladylike but her sentiment for the land and the people is so obviously genuine that all her sins of omission shall be forgiven her.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1914 and 23 Jan 1914
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham
Title:A Hatchment
Genre:Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Geography / Travel, see additional comment
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1913 Duckworth
Provenanceowned
gift from author
Source Information:
Record ID:27614
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:5
Page:336
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B.Cunninghame Graham 23 January 1914, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 336, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27614, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Classified in COPAC entry as short stories, but fn.1 p.336 of source text refers to the work as a 'collection of tales, essays and sketches' and the titles of the content tend to support this.