| Evidence: | 'This morning I had the "Aurora" from Smithers, No.2 of the 500 copies. C'est tout simplement magnifique yet I do not exactly perceive what on earth they have been making a fuss about.[...] I notice variations in the text as I've read it in the typewritten copy.This seems the most fnished piece of work you have ever done.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 30 Jul 1898 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Stanford-le-Hope county: Essex specific address: Ivy Walls Farm |
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| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham |
| Title: | Aurora la Cujini: A Realistic sketch in Seville |
| Genre: | Biography, Geography / Travel, see additional comments |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Pamphlet, see additional comments |
| Publication details: | Leonard Smithers 1898 |
| Provenance: | owned sent to Conrad by publishers |
| Record ID: | 18762 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 80 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B. Cunninghame Graham, 30 July 1898 Stanford-le-Hope. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 80, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18762, accessed: 09 December 2023 | |
| The work is referred to in fn.5 p80 of the source text as 'a booklet about a legendary gypsy dancer'. |
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