| Evidence: | '[...]the 2 vols of my uncle's memoirs which I have by me, to refresh my recollections and settle my ideas.' [while starting to write his own memoirs]. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1908 and 7 Oct 1908 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Luton Hoo Estate county: Bedfordshire specific address: Someries location in dwelling: Study/library |
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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: | Tadeusz Bobrowski |
| Title: | Pamietniki |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1900 Lvov |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 24975 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 138 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to J.B.Pinker dated 7 October 1908, Someries. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 138, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24975, accessed: 08 December 2023 | |
| It is reasonable to assume that Conrad read his uncle's memoirs in Polish. See also fn. 3, p. 138 of source text. |
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