Record Number: 27599

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I had read some of your Philipino [sic] stories--and was looking for more of your work. I spotted it first in the old MacClure Mag.; certainly without any help from anyone.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1906 and 1910

Country:

probably England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

probably England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Marie Hopper

Title:

Caybigan

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

New York: McClure, Phillips and Co,1906

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27599

Source:

Print

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:

232

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to James Marie Hopper dated 15 June 1913, 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. 232, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27599, accessed: 13 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

see fn. 2 and 3 p.232 of source text for likely dating of this reading experience.