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Record Number: 28818


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Just a line to thank you for the book. As I turn the pages my consideration for you grows to the proportions of respect. There is a beauty of easy moving prose - charm of phrase — felicity of words which give the strongest possible impression of mastery of language [...].'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 23 Mar 1920 and 25 Mar 1920

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds

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:

Richard Curle

Title:

Wanderings

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Kegan Paul; Trench Trubner 1920

Provenance

owned
inscribed copy sent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

28818

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2005

Vol:

7

Page:

57

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Richard Curle, dated 25 March 1920, Oswalds

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922 (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 57, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28818, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

see also letter 23 March 1920 p.57 of source text.

   
   
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