Record Number: 27603

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It is dificult to express the joy I felt at the arrival of the "Complete Works of M. Barnabooth".[...].The first reading of the "Journal Intime" makes an unforgettable impression.' Hence follow 16 lines of unqualified praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1913 and 2 Dec 1913

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House

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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Valéry-Nicolas Larbaud

Title:

A.O.Barnabooth

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Gallimard 1913

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27603

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:

310

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Valéry Larbaud dated 2 December 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. 310, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27603, accessed: 09 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

See fn.1 and 2 p.309 of source text for further information .