Record Number: 26624
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"François" is quite good. Very genuine touches all along and quite telling bits here and there.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 28 May 1911 and 2 Jun 1911
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
(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:n/a
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
sent to Conrad by R.B Cunninghame Graham
Source Information:
Record ID:26624
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:4
Page:447
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B. Cunninghame Graham, dated 2 June 1911, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 447, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26624, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
See fn.2, p.447 of source text where this second book sent by Cunninghame Graham is speculatively identified as being either George Sand's "François le Champi" (1847) or Maupassant's "François"