Record Number: 18685

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Yesterday I finished the "Life" [the biography of Saint Teresa of Avila by Cunninghame Graham's wife Gabriela.] Ca m'a laissé une profonde impression de tristesse [...] I can say no more just now.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

13 Jan 1898

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford-le-Hope
county: Essex
specific address: Ivy Walls Farm

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

Master mariner and author

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

Poland

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gabriela Cunninghame Graham

Title:

Santa Teresa: Her Life and Times

Genre:

Other religious, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

London A.and C Black 1894

Provenance

unknown
possibly sent by author's husband

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18685

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

2

Page:

17

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.(Robert) B .(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham 14 January 1898, Stanford-le-Hope.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 17, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18685, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None