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Record Number: 27634


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'You have succeeded so well in effacing your personality in that little book ["Tolstoy: A Study"] ( and very interesting it is too) that but for an occasional turn of phrase I--even I! can't see you there at all.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1914 and 23 Feb 1914

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:

Edward Garnett

Title:

Tolstoy:A Study (also catalogued as Tolstoy: His Life and Writings)

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1914 Constable

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

27634

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

358

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett dated 23 February 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. 358, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27634, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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