| Evidence: | 'I dictate these few words to thank you most heartily for your letters and especially for your little tale which I have read with absolute delight and appreciation of every point, and greatest sympathy wth the mind which conceived it and the literary gift which guided the pen. During the last few weeks I have been finishing a novel and have been too absorbed to write to anyone.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 27 Jun 1922 and 19 Jul 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: | Bruno Winawer |
| Title: | Slepa latarka (Dark Lantern) |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | We Lwowie : Nakładem Polskiego Wydawnictwa "Nowa Era", 1922. |
| Provenance: | owned sent by author |
| Record ID: | 28880 | |
| 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: | 493 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Bruno Winawer, dated 19 July 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. 493, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28880, accessed: 23 March 2023 | |
| The letter to Eric Pinker of 27 June 1922 (p.482 of source text) indicating completion of the text of "The Rover" allows a tentative attribution of a date range for this reading experience. |
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