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Record 24812

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
' I have just finished the book ["Mr. Apollo"] which reached me this morning [...].It comes off magnificently.' Hence follow 14 lines of almost unqualified praise.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 31 Jul 1908 and 7 Aug 1908
Country: England
Time: evening
night
Place: city: Luton Hoo Estate
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries
   
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: Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)
Title: Mr. Apollo
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: BookManuscript: proofs
Publication details: Methuen, August 1908
Provenance: n/a

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 24812  
Source - Print  
  Author: Joseph Conrad
  Editor: Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
  Title: The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911
  Place of Publication: Cambridge
  Date of Publication: 1990
  Vol: 4
  Page: 98
  Additional comments: Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford, 31 July or 7 August 1908, Someries. See fn.2 p.98 of source text

Citation: Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 98, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24812, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Fn. 2, p.98 of source text places date of the letter ane hence the reading experience as either Friday 31 July or Friday 7th August 1908.

 

 

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