Record Number: 28584
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I started reading my inscribed copy [of "Mr Perrin and Mr Traill"] straight away. How well (and freshly) all this is done!' [Hence follow four more lines of appreciative comment.]
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 16 Aug 1918 and 31 Aug 1918
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Mr Perrin and Mr Traill: A Tragi-Comedy.
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsMacmillan 1918, first published 1911
Provenanceowned
inscribed copy sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28584
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:258
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Hugh Walpole dated 31 August 1918, 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. 258, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28584, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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