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Record 28822

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Warm thanks for the charming copy of "Wild Oranges" which it was a great pleasure to have in this interesting form. [...] You will be good enough to give my most friendly regards to Hergesheimer whose vital work combing strength of vision with delicate perception and masterly expression arouses my admiration and sympathy.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1920 and 8 Jun 1920
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: Bishopsbourne
Kent
Oswalds
   
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: Joseph Hergesheimer
Title: Wild Oranges
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Alfred Knopf 1920
Provenance: owned
limited edition sent by publisher

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28822  
Source - Print  
  Author: Joseph Conrad
  Editor: Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape
  Title: The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922
  Place of Publication: Cambridge
  Date of Publication: 2005
  Vol: 7
  Page: 106
  Additional comments: Letter from Joseph Conrad to Alfred Knopf dated 8 June 1920, Oswalds

Citation: Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922 (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 106, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28822, accessed: 18 April 2024

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