| Evidence: | 'Infinite thanks for the honour [dedication] and for the book ["The House of Many Mirrors"]. The copy having reached me two days ago I delayed writing till I had read those pages you have been so good to dedicate to me.'
Hence follow ten lines of praise written in a mixture of French and English. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 5 Jun 1915 and 7 Jun 1915 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House |
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| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Violet Hunt |
| Title: | The House of Many Mirrors |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1915 Stanley Paul |
| Provenance: | owned sent by author, autograph presentation copy |
| Record ID: | 27679 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | 5 | |
| Page: | 480 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Violet Hunt 7 June 1915, Capel House. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 480, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27679, accessed: 25 May 2013 | |
| According to the Hodgson sale catalogue (1925) of Conrad's library after his death, this book is dedicated to Conrad 'for the good you have done me'. |
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