Record Number: 33505

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The book ["The Ascending Effort"] which in the course of the last few days I have opened and shut several times is not imaginative.'

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:

George Bourne

Title:

The Ascending Effort

Genre:

Other religious, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Constable 1910

Provenance

owned
reviewer's copy

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33505

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:

72

Additional Comments:

Pagination is from the Dent edition

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Notes on Life and Letters, (London, 1920), p. 72, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33505, accessed: 27 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Read in order to review for the "Daily Mail". See also Conrad's letter to Edward Garnett 1921 (UKRED ID 28947) when this and other reviews were reprinted in "Notes on Life and Letters"