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Record 27601

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Just a word to tell you I have finished your Mother's book ["A Confederate Girl's Diary"]. Admirable.' Hence follow 14 lines of praise.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 27 Jun 1913 and 2 Jul 1913
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Sara Morgan Dawson
Title: A Confederate Girl's Diary
Genre: Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Manuscript: Proofs (see letter and fn.3 p.243 of source text)
Publication details: Heinemann 1913
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27601  
Source - Print  
  Author: Joseph Conrad
  Editor: Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
  Title: The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916
  Place of Publication: Cambridge
  Date of Publication: 1996
  Vol: 5
  Page: 242
  Additional comments: Letter from Joseph Conrad to Warrington Dawson dated 2 July 1913, Capel House.

Citation: Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 242, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27601, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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