| Evidence: | 'I would have written to you before about my delight in "The Conquest of Granada" if it had not been for the beastly swollen wrist which prevented me from holding the pen.'
[Hence follow eight lines of praise.] |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1922 and 28 Jun 1922 | ||||||||||
| 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: | Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham |
| Title: | The Conquest of New Granada, being the Life of Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada |
| Genre: | Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Heinemann 1922 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 28878 | |
| 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: | 483 | |
| Additional comments: | Letetr from Joseph Conrad to R.B.Cunninghame Graham, dated 28 June 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. 483, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28878, accessed: 09 December 2023 | |
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