Record Number: 28870

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thank you, my dearest for all the books you have presented me with, in particular for Fredro, qui m'a donné un plaisir extrème à lire et à regarder les images.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 21 Aug 1921 and 27 Jan 1922

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:

Alexandr Fredro

Title:

Trzy po Trzy

Genre:

History, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Warszawa : Nakł. Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1917 (illustr. edition. ed. by Henryk Moscicki.)

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28870

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:

411-12

Additional Comments:

Letter in English and French from Joseph Conrad to Aniela Zagorska, 27 January 1922, 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. 411-12, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28870, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

see fn.1, p.412 of source text.