Record Number: 28590
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As to "The Hist[ory] of the British Army" it is "tout bonnement admirable!". No other phrase can do justice to it.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Apr 1918 and 21 Oct 1918
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
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:History of the British Army: Extracts from British Campaigns in Flanders
Genre:History, Military history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsMacmillan 1918
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28590
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2002
Vol:6
Page:291
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Sidney Colvin dated 21 October, 1918, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919, (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 291, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28590, accessed: 17 February 2025
Additional Comments:
Identity of text being read is speculative, see fn.1 p.291 of source text.