Record Number: 33504

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The book [Existence afer Death Implied by Science][...] as a mere piece of writing may be described as being breathless itself and taking the reader's breath away, not by the magnitude of its message but by a sort of anxious volubility in the deliery[...]. For that reason alone the reading of this work is a fatiguing process.'

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:

Jasper B. Hunt

Title:

Existence after Death Implied by Science

Genre:

Other religious, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

H. R. Allendon 1910

Provenance

owned
reviewer's copy

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33504

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:

68

Additional Comments:

Pagination is from the Dent edition

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Notes on Life and Letters, (London, 1920), p. 68, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33504, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Read in order to review for the "Daily Mail". Review published as 'The Life Beyond'