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Record Number: 28905


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Heartfelt thanks for your letter and the pamphlet about Einstein which for me is a small masterpiece of its kind.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 10 Sep 1923 and 20 Nov 1923

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:

Bruno Winawer

Title:

Jeszcze o Einstein: teoria wzglenosci z lotu ptaka (More about Einstein: A Bird's-eye View of the Theory of Relativity

Genre:

Biography, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet

Publication Details

Warsaw 1924

Provenance

owned
sent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

28905

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:

225

Additional Comments:

Letter in Polish from Joseph Conrad to Bruno Winawer, 20 November 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. 225, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28905, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

fn.2 p.225 of source text indicates that this pamphlet was not published until 1923, therefore it is not entirely clear in what form Conrad read the text.

   
   
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