Evidence: | 'You have promised me to read these stories and I would recommend you to begin with "The Last of the Mohicans"-- then go on with "Deerslayer" and end with the "Prairie". I read them at your age in that order;[..] Thirty four years ago is a long long time to look back upon.' Hence follows further comments about the language and content. |
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Century: | 1850-1899, 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1867 and 31 Dec 1868 | ||||||||||
Country: | Poland or Ukraine | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 3 Dec 1857 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Child |
Religion: | Polish Catholic |
Country of origin: | Poland |
Country of experience: | Poland or Ukraine |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | James Fenimore Cooper |
Title: | The Prairie |
Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1827 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 19404 | |
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: | 467 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to David Garnett (b.1892) son of Edward and Constance Garnett, dated 22 December, 1902, 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. 467, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19404, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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