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Record Number: 24970


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have tasted, sipped, and consumed the delectable nectar prepared surely with the milk of human kindness and spiced with your wit. [...]; This is delightful [...].' Hence follow 15 more lines of praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1908 and 6 Oct 1908

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Luton Hoo Estate
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

E.[Edward] V. [Verrall] Lucas

Title:

Over Bemerton's: An Easy-going Chronicle

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1908 Methuen

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

24970

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:

136-137

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to E.V.Lucas dated 6 October 1908, Someries.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 136-137, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24970, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

The identity of the text being read is not clear but the title has been inferred by the editors fn.5 see p.136 in the source text

   
   
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