Record Number: 28829

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thank you very much for Mr Holliday's book, which has certainly got a lot of good things in it and which I enjoyed greatly.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 1920

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds

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:

Robert Cortes Holliday

Title:

unspecified

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

New York: (probably) George H. Doran

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28829

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies and J. H. Stape

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2005

Vol:

7

Page:

218

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to G.C. Frisbee, dated 13 December 1920, Oswalds.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J. H. Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922, (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 218, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28829, accessed: 12 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

fn.2 p.218 of source text suggests that the book was either "Walking-stick Papers"(1918), "Broome Street Straws" (1919), "Peeps at People"(1919) or "Men and Books and Cities"(1920).