| Evidence: | 'Thanks for the little book ["Light and Twilight"] so full of good things. You know I have a prediliction for your prose with its quiet,flowing felicity of phrase and what I call "penetrative" power of expression.' Hence follow 11 lines of praise. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 May 1911 and 31 Jul 1911 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| 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: | Edward Thomas |
| Title: | Light and Twilight |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Duckworth 1911 |
| Provenance: | owned sent by author |
| Record ID: | 26622 | |
| 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: | 444 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Thomas, undated, possibly early summer 1911, 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. 444, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26622, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| The date range is speculative. According to fn.2, p.444 of source text many of these stories and sketches had first appeared in the 'English Review' and other periodicals, so it is likely that Conrad had already read at least some of the contents. |
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