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Record Number: 28936


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Infinite thanks for the honour and for the book. The copy having reached me two days ago I delayed writing until I had read those pages you have been so good as to dedicate to me.[...] Altogether a treat as mere reader [...].'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 5 Jan 1916 and 7 Jan 1916

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Violet Hunt

Title:

The House of Many Mirrors

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Stanley Paul, 1915

Provenance

owned
sent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

28936

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2007

Vol:

9

Page:

195

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Violet Hunt dated 17 January 1916 Capel House

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923, (Cambridge, 2007), 9, p. 195, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28936, accessed: 12 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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