Record Number: 19393
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As to "Bushwhacking" you know I prize it above anything that may be written in acknowledgement of a presentation volume.[...]The book I consider as the best expression of your talent. All is seen and all is felt, with that gift of expression peculiar to you which suggests action itself underneath the record of vision and emotion.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
(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:Bushwhacking and Other Sketches
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsAugust 1901
Provenanceowned
Presentation copy from author
Source Information:
Record ID:19393
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:2
Page:404
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Hugh Clifford, dated 5 April, 1902, Pent Farm.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 404, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19393, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
According to his entry in the ODNB, Hugh Clifford's various collections of 'sketches' were semi-autobiographical short stories, and based on his Far Eastern experiences.
