Record Number: 28884

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I hasten therefore to tell you without a moments delay what did mean to write (or have perhaps written) that the book ["Old Morocco and the Forbidden Atlas"] in its human zest for impressions, in its pervading sympathy for strange mankind, its acuity of observation [...] has given me a very real pleasure [...] You will see that neither the lapse of 2 months [since receiving and reading the book?] nor the fact of re-reading, has altered my original judgement "by first impression".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1922 and 23 Oct 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:

Clarence Andrews

Title:

Old Morocco and the Forbidden Atlas

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Hurst and Blackett 1922

Provenance

owned
sent by author (book dedicated to Conrad)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28884

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:

547

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Clarence Andrews dated 23 October 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. 547, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28884, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

See also letter 6 February 1922, p. 412 of source text, anticipating receipt of this book.