Record Number: 24970
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have tasted, sipped, and consumed the delectable nectar prepared surely with the milk of human kindness and spiced with your wit. [...]; This is delightful [...].' Hence follow 15 more lines of praise.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1908 and 6 Oct 1908
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Luton Hoo Estate
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Over Bemerton's: An Easy-going Chronicle
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1908 Methuen
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:24970
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:4
Page:136-137
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to E.V.Lucas dated 6 October 1908, Someries.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 136-137, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24970, accessed: 15 October 2024
Additional Comments:
The identity of the text being read is not clear but the title has been inferred by the editors fn.5 see p.136 in the source text
