Record Number: 33503

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'You will find in his pages ["Quiet Days in Spain"] the humours of starving workers of the soil, the vision among the mountains of an exulting ad spirit in a mighty body, and many other visions worthy of attention.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 21 Jun 1910 and 23 Jul 1910

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Orlestone near 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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

C.(Charles) Bogue Luffman

Title:

Quiet Days in Spain

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London John Murray 1910

Provenance

owned
reviewer's copy

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33503

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Notes on Life and Letters

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1920

Vol:

n/a

Page:

64

Additional Comments:

Pagination is from the Dent edition

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Notes on Life and Letters, (London, 1920), p. 64, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33503, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Read in order to review for the "Daily Mail"