| Evidence: | 'Thank you for the fine present.[...] While reading delightedly this little work which shines with so soft a brightness, I have for a moment been able to forget the passage of time.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Oct 1911 and 30 Oct 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: | Henry James |
| Title: | The Outcry |
| Genre: | Fiction, |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Methuen, October 1911 |
| Provenance: | owned sent by author |
| Record ID: | 26675 | |
| 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: | 496-497 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Henry James dated ?October 1911, Capel House. See also additional comment |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 496-497, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26675, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| see fn.1and 2, p. 496 of source text. The recipient of the letter (addressed only as "Cher et bon Maitre") and the text are speculatively but convincingly identified as referring to Henry James and his latest novel. |
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