Evidence: | 'It ["The Freelands"] is a most beautifully done thing. [...]. I kept your book for a propitious day and finished it about midnight. Then I put out the light opened the window and listened to the noise of the Zep passing nearly overhead.[...] That was the night of the second raid on London.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 8 Sep 1915 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening night |
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Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House location in dwelling: bedroom |
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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: | John Galsworthy |
Title: | The Freelands |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book, Pamphlet |
Publication details: | 1915 Heinemann |
Provenance: | owned probably gift from author |
Record ID: | 27682 | |
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: | 506 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy, 19 August 1915, 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. 506, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27682, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
See fn.1, p.506 of source text for information supporting the precise timing of this reading experience |
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