| Evidence: | 'Heartfelt thanks for your letter and the pamphlet about Einstein which for me is a small masterpiece of its kind.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 10 Sep 1923 and 20 Nov 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: | Bruno Winawer |
| Title: | Jeszcze o Einstein: teoria wzglenosci z lotu ptaka (More about Einstein: A Bird's-eye View of the Theory of Relativity |
| Genre: | Biography, Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Pamphlet |
| Publication details: | Warsaw 1924 |
| Provenance: | owned sent by author |
| Record ID: | 28905 | |
| 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: | 225 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter in Polish from Joseph Conrad to Bruno Winawer, 20 November 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. 225, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28905, accessed: 23 September 2023 | |
| fn.2 p.225 of source text indicates that this pamphlet was not published until 1923, therefore it is not entirely clear in what form Conrad read the text. |
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