Evidence: | 'It is dificult to express the joy I felt at the arrival of the "Complete Works of M. Barnabooth".[...].The first reading of the "Journal Intime" makes an unforgettable impression.' Hence follow 16 lines of unqualified praise. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Nov 1913 and 2 Dec 1913 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | Valéry-Nicolas Larbaud |
Title: | A.O.Barnabooth |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Gallimard 1913 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 27603 | |
Source - | ||
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: | 310 | |
Additional comments: | Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Valéry Larbaud dated 2 December 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. 310, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27603, accessed: 31 March 2023 |
See fn.1 and 2 p.309 of source text for further information . |
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