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Record 27635

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'If we had telephonic communication I would call you up and hear me thump my chest and cry mea culpa for not having written to him [Ford Madox Ford] about the [Henry] James book for which the precise word is: delightful.' Hence follow 6 lines of praise for Ford's new book.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 14 Jan 1914 and 23 Feb 1914
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: Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)
Title: Henry James:A Critical Study
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1913 or 1914 Secker, see additional comments
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27635  
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: 360-1
  Additional comments: Letter from Joseph Conrad to Violet Hunt ('Mrs Hueffer') dated 23 February 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. 360-1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27635, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

The date of publication of this text is cited in COPAC entries as 1913 but as 1' January 1914 in a fn. in the source text p.360. The reading expeience date range is therfore an estimate.

 

 

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