Record Number: 19370

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I've read " Petersburg Tales". Phew! That is something! [...] That work is genuine, undeniable, constructed and inhabited. It hath [sic] foundation and life.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 2 Nov 1900 and 12 Nov 1900

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent 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:

Olive Garnett

Title:

The Petersburg Tales

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1900

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19370

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:

303

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett, dated 12th November 1900, Pent Farm.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 303, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19370, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Olive Garnett was Edward Garnett's sister, see fn.3, p.301 of source text .