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Record Number: 28890


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My dear! Thank you for "Pozoga". C'est très très bien. It seizes hold and interests one as much by its subject as by the manner of its writing.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 9 Nov 1922 and 24 Nov 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:

n/a

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:

Zofia Kossak-Szczucka

Title:

Pozoga:Wspomieniaz Wolnia 1917-19 (The Blaze: Reminiscences of Volhynia 1917-18

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Krakow 1922

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

28890

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:

603

Additional Comments:

Letter in Polish and French from Joseph Conrad to Aniela Zagorska dated 24 November 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. 603, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28890, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Read in Polish, (first English translation, 1935)

   
   
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