| Evidence: | 'I am wholly delighted with your "R.[iceyman] S.[teps]. Wholly. You will give me credit for not having missed any special gems but it is the whole achievement as I went from page to page that secured my admiration. [...] I closed the book at 7 in the morning after the shortest sleepless night of my experience [...]' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 20 Dec 1923 and 2 Jan 1924 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | night: read throughout the night | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bishopsbourne county: Kent specific address: Oswalds location in dwelling: presumably bedroom |
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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: | Enoch Arnold Bennett |
| Title: | Riceyman Steps |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Cassell 1922 |
| Provenance: | owned presentation copy sent by author |
| Record ID: | 28912 | |
| 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: | 259 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Arnold Bennett 2 January 1924, 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. 259, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28912, accessed: 08 December 2023 | |
| See also letter 20 December 1923 p.249 of source text. |
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