| Evidence: | 'Thank you for the book. So judicious, so interesting, so touching--why shouldn't I say so when I have been touched?' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 8 Nov 1911 and 22 Nov 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: | Henri Ghéon |
| Title: | Nos Directions |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française: Paris 1911 |
| Provenance: | owned Sent by author |
| Record ID: | 26680 | |
| 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: | 508-9 | |
| Additional comments: | Trans. of letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Henri Ghéon dated 22 November 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. 508-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26680, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Henri Ghéon (pseud. of Henri -Léon Vangeon) medical doctor, poet, critic and playwright, was a close friend of Gide. See fn.2, p. 508 of source text. |
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