Record Number: 20275
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been reading again the "[A] Vanished Arcadia" - from the dedication, so full of charm, to the last paragraph with its ironic aside about the writers of books "proposing something and concluding nothing" - and its exquisite last lines [...].'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 19 Mar 1903
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility
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
Text Being Read:
Author:R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham
Title:A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767
Genre:Other religious, History, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsHeinemann 1901
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:20275
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:3
Page:25
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B Cunninghame Graham, dated 19th March, 1903, Pent Farm.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907, (Cambridge, 1988), 3, p. 25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20275, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
see also record ID 19377
