Evidence: | 'The Comet appeared to my naked (and surprised) eye yesterday morning. By a great effort of will I stuck to my own task till lunchtime. I began my observations in the afternoon and continued at it far into the night. I've completed them this morning. It is indeed a phenomenon!' Hence follow 18 lines of preliminary commentary on the text. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 14 Sep 1906 and 15 Sep 1906 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | morning afternoon |
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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: | H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells |
Title: | In the Days of the Comet |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London:Macmillan, 1906 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21518 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 356 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G.Wells, dated 15 September, 1906, letterhead: Pent Farm. |
Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 356, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21518, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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