Record Number: 26680
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thank you for the book. So judicious, so interesting, so touching--why shouldn't I say so when I have been touched?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 8 Nov 1911 and 22 Nov 1911
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
(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:Nos Directions
Genre:Essays / Criticism,
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsEditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française: Paris 1911
Provenanceowned
Sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:26680
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:508-9
Additional Comments:
Trans. of letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Henri Ghéon dated 22 November 1911, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 508-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26680, accessed: 17 February 2025
Additional Comments:
Henri Ghéon (pseud. of Henri -Léon Vangeon) medical doctor, poet, critic and playwright, was a close friend of Gide. See fn.2, p. 508 of source text.