Record Number: 32329
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I will send you soon a note on Miss Kingsley's book on Africa. C'est un voyageur et un écrivain très remarquable. Her opinions of questions dealing with the colonies are thought a great deal of.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 23 Dec 1898 and 7 Feb 1899
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Postling nr Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
'Szlachta' or Polish landed gentry
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: Title:West African Studies
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1899 London Macmillan
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32329
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R., and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2 1898-1902
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:2
Page:156
Additional Comments:
Letter in Polish from Joseph Conrad to Aniela Zagorska, 7 February 1899, Pent Farm. See additional comments below.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R., and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 156, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32329, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
The Polish original of the letter from which this evidence is extracted was never published and is lost. This letter was published in French, but the cited source gives only the subsequent translation into English.
