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Record 27737

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'His [Henry James] autobiographical two books are admirable; but what makes them so wonderful are the very same qualities that make his novels admirable.]'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1913 and 24 May 1916
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
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: Henry James
Title: A Small Boy and Others
Genre: Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1913 N.Y. Scribner's and London Macmillan. Not known which edition Conrad would have read.
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27737  
Source - Print  
  Author: Joseph c
  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: 595
  Additional comments: Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Quinn dated 24 May 1916, Capel House

Citation: Joseph c, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 595, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27737, accessed: 28 March 2024

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