| Evidence: | 'Many thanks for the charming copy of "The Brassbounder". It is as fresh and attarctive as ever to read and I am still under the charm of this sincere and fascinating record of things that have now passed away for ever.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 4 Jan 1921 and 6 Sep 1921 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bishopsbourne county: Kent specific address: Oswalds |
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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: | David Bone |
| Title: | The Brassbounder |
| Genre: | Fiction, Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | new editions New York: Dutton 1921 and London: Duckworth 1921 |
| Provenance: | owned sent by author |
| Record ID: | 28854 | |
| 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: | 336 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to David Bone 2 September 1921, 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. 336, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28854, accessed: 08 December 2023 | |
| For original reading in 1910 see record ID26468. See also letter 6 January 1921 p.239 of source text when Conrad acknowledged receipt of an advance copy of the new Duckworth edition but declined to write a preface. It is therefore not entirely clear which edition he was re-reading in 1921. |
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