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Record 19362

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I've read "Cruz Alta" four days ago. c'est tout simplement magnifique. I know most of the sketches, in fact nearly all, except "Cruz Alta" itself.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 6 Oct 1900
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
   
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, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: R. (Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham
Title: Cruz Alta
Genre: Fiction, Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: First published in "Thirteen Stories" 1900
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19362  
Source - Print  
  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: 296
  Additional comments: Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B Cunninghame Graham, dated 10th October 1900, Pent Farm.

Citation: Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 296, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19362, accessed: 24 April 2024

Additional comments:

This was a tale (exact genre not clear but perhaps fiction based on author's own travel experiences,) set in a remote Brazilian town. See fn. 1 p. 296 of source text and reference to possible influence on "Nostromo".

 

 

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