Record Number: 28337
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I only secured lately not so much the leisure as the proper freedom of mind, to read through and get on terms with your novel.[...] The book is captivatng enough in all conscience as a piece of writng and of course as a story too.' [Hence follow 9 lines of comment.]
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between Jan 1917 and 29 Aug 1917
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author:E.[Elliot] L. [Lovegood] Grant Wilson
Title:The Mainland
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Duckworth, 1917
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28337
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2002
Vol:6
Page:118
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to E.L. Grant Wilson (naturalist and writer), dated 29 August 1917, Capel House
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 118, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28337, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
