| Evidence: | 'I am proud to learn that there is [a phrase in "Lord Jim"] worthy to serve as an epigraph to one of the books of "Les Caves du Vatican". What a beautiful start! What things you have put in the so characteristic and interesting pages of this fine beginning!' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1914 and 8 Jan 1914 | ||||||||||
| 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: | André Gide |
| Title: | Les Caves du Vatican (Book 1) |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: see additional information |
| Publication details: | 1914 Gallimard Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27611 | |
| 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: | 331-2 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to André Gide 8 January 1914, 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. 331-2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27611, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| It is not clear from the evidence in this and an earlier letter dated 31 December 1913, whether Conrad was reading a proof copy of what was presumably the first of the several books comprising this work. The letter of 31 December 1913 celebrates the imminent appearance of the book and the fn.(1) on p.324 of the source text states that the work was then in press. |
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