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Record 28871

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Thank you for the book. Reading it gave me very great pleasure.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1922 and 24 Feb 1922
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: 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: Jean Fayard
Title: Oxford et Margaret
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1922
Provenance: owned
sent by author

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28871  
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: 425
  Additional comments: Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Jean Fayard, 24 February 1922, 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. 425, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28871, accessed: 29 March 2024

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