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Record Number: 28885


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Many thanks for D. [David]'s little tale ["Lady into Fox"]. Its the most successful thing of the kind I have ever seen.'
[Hence follow ten lines of praise.]

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 26 Oct 1922 and 27 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


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:

David Garnett

Title:

Lady into Fox

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Chatto and Windus 1922

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28885

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:

556

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett dated 27 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. 556, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28885, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

See fn.2 p.556 of source text for validation of date range.

   
   
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