Record Number: 28751
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thank you for your green book which I have read with the greatest of interest.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1918 and 25 Jan 1919
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: Title:Gold Coast Blue Book
Genre:Bible, History, Geography / Travel, Politics, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailspublished annually in Accra, presumably 1918 edition
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:28751
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:351
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Sir Hugh Clifford dated 25 January 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. 351, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28751, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Clifford was governor of the colony at the time and responsible for the text though as a government publication no specific author is identified. See also fn.2 p.351 of source text on Conrad's eyesight.
