| Evidence: | 'Many thanks for your Laforgue. Your introduction couldn't be more interesting as regards both matter and tone. It is very very well done. Your author's text is odd [curieux]. Its charm is felt through the facts.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 27 Oct 1922 and 20 Dec 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 | n/a |
| 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: | Jules Laforgue |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | uncertain whether poetry or geography/history, see additional comment. |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1922 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 28891 | |
| 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: | 626 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Jean Aubry 20 December 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. 626, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28891, accessed: 21 March 2023 | |
| Two texts by Laforgue, "Berlin: La Cour et la ville" and "Poèsies complètes" were published in 1922. While Hervouet (1990) claims that the letter referred to Laforgue's poetry (p.248), the use of the word 'facts', 'faits' in the original, would equally well suggest the book on Berlin. |
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