Record Number: 26663
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'What I set out to say was that all these delays, vexing as they were, gave me the time to read "The Downfall of the Gods" three times from end to end. As to pages and psasages read and re-read and meditated over I can 't give you that tale of them even approximately'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Apr 1911 and 22 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:The Downfall of the Gods
Genre:Fiction, History, Historical novel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsJohn Murray, 1911
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:26663
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:451
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Hugh Clifford dated Coronation Day 22 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. 451, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26663, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None