Record Number: 21515
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The blessed vol: ["The Fifth Queen"] arrived about 4 days ago - or is it a week? I've read it twice - thats all.[...] Here I'll add one more phrase bearing upon the most "sensible" general effect.[...] The pictorial impression of the whole is positively overwhelming.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 22 Mar 1906 and 29 Mar 1906
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Montpellier
county: Herault
specific address: Hotel Continental et Riche, Place de la Comédie
(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:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Fifth Queen and how she came to court
Genre:Fiction, History, Historical novel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Alston Rivers,1906
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21515
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:324
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford dated 29 March 1906, 'Riche Hotel' , Montpellier, France
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907, (Cambridge, 1988), 3, p. 324, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21515, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
