Record Number: 24501

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And of all the men who write today it is only Hueffer who writes for love[...]. I took up the "H[eart]of [the]C[ountry]" which was lying there and opening it at hazard I showed sentences here and there asking whether they could have been written from any other conceivable motive.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1908 and 18 Feb 1908

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Luton Hoo Estate
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries
location in dwelling: sitting room, study or library

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

Unidentified visitor to Someries possible Douglas Tarver or Stephen Reynolds (see fn.2 p.46 of source text)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)

Title:

The Heart of the Country: A Survey of Modern Land

Genre:

Social Science, Geography / Travel, Natural history, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1906

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24501

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

4

Page:

46-47

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford dated 20 February 1908, Someries, in which, he describes how he defended Ford's work in front of an unidentified visitor.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 46-47, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24501, accessed: 05 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None