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Record Number: 28907


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have been laid up for days and days and your volume of H[udson]'s letters was the most welcome alleviation to the worry and general horror of the situation. I think that your little introduction at the beginning is the most charming and touching thing that I ever remember having read. The letters themselves are of course particularly interesting.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 20 Sep 1923 and 30 Nov 1923

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
location in dwelling: most recently, bedroom

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:

William Henry Hudson

Title:

153 Letters from W. H. Hudson

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Nonesuch Press, 1923, ed. with introduction and notes by Edward Garnett

Provenance

owned
sent by editor


Source Information:

Record ID:

28907

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:

232-3

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett, 30 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. 232-3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28907, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

See also letter of 20 September 1923 p.177 of source text, aknowledging receipt of inscribed copy.

   
   
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