| Evidence: | 'I wrote yesterday to P[erceval] G[ibbon] about his Afrikander memories. I didn't quite tell him how good they are for fear he should think I was gushing. But really, in that short production, look at the poetic vision, the existence of simple language, the breadth and force of the effects.' Hence follow 15 lines of praise. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 21 Apr 1909 and 4 May 1909 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Aldington, Nr Hythe county: Kent specific address: Forehead |
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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: | Reginald Perceval Gibbon |
| Title: | Afrikander Memories |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | English Review, May 1909 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 25551 | |
| 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: | 229 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.D.Mackintosh, dated 5 May 1909, Aldington. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 229, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25551, accessed: 04 December 2023 | |
| For note on Gibbon, war correpondent, journalist and novelist, see p.xl-xli of source text. R.D. Mackintosh was a Scottish doctor and friend of Conrad practising in SW London. |
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