| Evidence: | 'Infinite thanks for the honour and for the book. The copy having reached me two days ago I delayed writing until I had read those pages you have been so good as to dedicate to me.[...] Altogether a treat as mere reader [...].' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 5 Jan 1916 and 7 Jan 1916 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | Orlestone nr. Ashford Kent 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: | Stanley Paul, 1915 |
| Provenance: | owned sent by author |
| Record ID: | 28936 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 2007 | |
| Vol: | 9 | |
| Page: | 195 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Violet Hunt dated 17 January 1916 Capel House |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923 (Cambridge, 2007), 9, p. 195, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28936, accessed: 21 May 2013 | |
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