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Record Number: 28339


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'PS I've seen your most charming article on the French in the "Fortnightly [Review]". '

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1917 and 3 Sep 1917

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House

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:

originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist

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:

John Galsworthy

Title:

France, 1916-1917: An Impression

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Fortnightly Review, September 1917

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28339

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

6

Page:

121

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 3 September 1917, Capel House

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919, (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 121, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28339, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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