Record Number: 28924
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As to the novel I think that between us two, if I tell you that I consider it "tout à fait chic" you will understand perfectly how much that "phrase de l'atelier" means to the initiated.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 May 1924 and 22 May 1924
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
(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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Some Do Not...
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsDuckworth 1924 (first volume of Tietjens tetralogy, subsequently "Parade's End"
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28924
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8, 1923-1924
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2008
Vol:8
Page:361
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford 22 May 1924, Oswalds.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8, 1923-1924, (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 361, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28924, accessed: 06 February 2025
Additional Comments:
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