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Record Number: 28898


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I liked "Engineer" very very much indeed! The idea, the execution, the style.[...] Shall I return the MS to you?'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 7 Apr 1923 and 9 Sep 1923

Country:

England or United States of America

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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 or United States of America

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Bruno Winawer

Title:

R.H., Inzynier

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

subsquently published Lwow: 1923

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

28898

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2008

Vol:

8

Page:

172

Additional Comments:

Letter in Polish, from Joseph Conrad to Bruno Winawer dated 9 September 1923, Oswalds

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924 (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 172, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28898, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Conrad had asked Winawer for a copy of this play to read while on his American trip. See letter 6 April 1923 p.73 of source text. It is unclear when it arrived or where the reading expereince took place.

   
   
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