| Evidence: | 'I read with the greatest pleasue what you say about Trollope. I made his acquaintance full thirty years ago and made up my mind about his value then, as a writer of remarkable talent for imaginative rendering of the social life of his time, with its activities and interests and incipient thoughts.[ ...] I was considerably impressed with them [The "Palliser" novels] in the early eighties when I chanced upon a novel entitled "Phineas Finn". Haven't seen them since, to tell you the truth [...]' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 8 Feb 1924 | ||||||||||
| 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: | Allan Monkhouse |
| Title: | A Bookman's Notes |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | 1 February 1924, Manchester Guardian Weekly |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 28913 | |
| 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: | 304 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Allan Monkhouse (literary critic of the "Manchester Guardian"), 8 February 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. 304, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28913, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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