| Evidence: | 'All these sketches have the quality without which neither beauty, nor I am afraid, truth, are effective, that is they are intetesting in themselves. I've spent all yesterday with your pages [...].' Hence follow almost two pages of constructive criticism. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 15 Oct 1910 and 22 Oct 1910 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House |
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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: | Helen Sanderson (pseud. 'Janet Allardyce') |
| Title: | African Sketches and Impressions |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | some sketches published in Scribner's Magazine 1910 and 1912 |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 26472 | |
| 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: | 374 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Helen Sanderson, dated 16 or 23 October, 1910 Capel House. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 374, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26472, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| See fn.2 and 3 p. 374 of source text. |
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