Record Number: 33624

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thanks ever so much for the book ["Father Archangel of Scotland, and Other Essays"]. I have read it once so far. The more I read you the more I admire. This is a strong word but not a bit too strong for the sensation it is supposed to describe.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 18 May 1898 and 11 Jun 1898

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford-le Hope
county: Essex
specific address: Ivy Walls Farm

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:

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham

Title:

Father Archangel of Scotland, and Other Essays

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: A. & C. Black, 1896.

Provenance

owned
gift from authors

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33624

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick Karl 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:

68

Additional Comments:

Letter from Conrad to R. B. Cunninghame Graham, 11 June 1898.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 68, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33624, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None