Record Number: 28878

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I would have written to you before about my delight in "The Conquest of Granada" if it had not been for the beastly swollen wrist which prevented me from holding the pen.'
[Hence follow eight lines of praise.]

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1922 and 28 Jun 1922

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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham

Title:

The Conquest of New Granada, being the Life of Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Heinemann 1922

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28878

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:

483

Additional Comments:

Letetr from Joseph Conrad to R.B.Cunninghame Graham, dated 28 June 1922, 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. 483, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28878, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None