Record Number: 28831
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'What to me [...] seems most wonderful in the Carthagena book is its inextinguishable vitality, the unchanged strength of feeling, steadfastness of sympathies and force of expresssion. I turned the pages with unfailing delight [...].
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Dec 1920 and 23 Dec 1920
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
(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:Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Title:Cartagena and the Banks of the Sinu
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsHeinemann 1920
Provenanceowned
probably sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28831
Source: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:223
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B. Cunninghame Graham dated 23 December 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. 223, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28831, accessed: 23 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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