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Record Number: 28815


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I was laid up directly on arriving here, and this is the explanation of the delay in thanking you for the precious copy of the book. Pray convey to your brother my great appreciation of his signature on the fly leaf.'


[Hence follow four lines of praise.]

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1919 and 4 Jan 1920

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds

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:

David Bone

Title:

Merchantmen-at-Arms:The British Merchants' Service in the War

Genre:

History, Naval history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Chatto and Windus 1919

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

28815

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2005

Vol:

7

Page:

5

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Captain David Bone, dated 4 January 1920, Oswalds

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922, (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28815, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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