| Evidence: | 'I have read your delightful and penetrating (I use the word deliberately) "[Mysterious] Japan". I have the book. I was looking into it again only the other day. Pray do send me your "Roosevelt" and don't forget to write your name on the flyleaf.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1921 and 30 Jan 1923 | ||||||||||
| 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: | Julian Street |
| Title: | Mysterious Japan |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Garden City and Toronto: Doubleday Page, 1922 (also London: Heinemann 1922) |
| Provenance: | owned see additional comments |
| Record ID: | 28892 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 2008 | |
| Vol: | 8 | |
| Page: | 11 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Julian Street, dated 20 January 1923, Oswalds |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924 (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 11, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28892, accessed: 21 March 2023 | |
| Although a UK edition of this text appeared in 1922, it is likely, given the close relationship between Conrad and F.N. Doubleday, that he owned and had read the US edition. An attempt will be made to verify this. |
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