Evidence: | 'Many thanks for the "Cinque Ports" which came today as a most agreeable surprise. In the matter of outward characteristics the book has substance, appearance an air of sober finish which to me is very pleasing. [...] Hueffer's talent has been from the first sympathetic to me. throughout his feeling is true and his expression genuine with ease and moderation.'
Hence follow nine lines of restrained praise. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 7 Nov 1900 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Stanford near Hythe county: Kent specific address: Pent 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: | Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer) |
Title: | The Cinque Ports |
Genre: | History, Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Blackwood 1900. An illustrated and expensive limited edition (see fn.3 p.300 in source text) |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 19367 | |
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: | 300 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to William Blackwood, dated 7th November 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. 300, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19367, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
In the same letter (p.301) Conrad makes reference to having read a review of this work in Blackwood's Magazine. |
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