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Record Number: 28926


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Forgive me for not thanking you sooner for the book ["Incidences"]. It's my gouty wrist I can barely hold a pen. But I don't need to tell you that I find your pages always congenial beyond measure. In the volume you so kindly sent to me there are some pages that I know. I did not know the Prefaces. I read them with delight — and also the reflections on mythology.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 May 1924 and 29 May 1924

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:

André Gide

Title:

Incidences

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1924 Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française

Provenance

owned
sent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

28926

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8, 1923-1924

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2008

Vol:

8

Page:

369

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to André Gide 30 May 1924, Oswalds.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8, 1923-1924, (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 369, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28926, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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