| Evidence: | 'Many thanks indeed for your good letter and for the little book ["La Symphonie Pastorale"] whose precious pages I will cut tonight "in the silence of my study" in a peaceful house where everyone has gone to bed.[...] For me that is the moment for friends' books.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 30 Nov 1920 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening night |
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| Place: | city: Bishopsbourne county: Kent specific address: Oswalds location in dwelling: study |
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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: | La Symphonie Pastorale |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française: Paris 1919 |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 28828 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 212 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to André Gide, dated by source editors as (probably) 30 November 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. 212, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28828, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| This record has been included because it gives specific evidence of intention to read a text at a clearly defined time and place. |
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