Record Number: 28348
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Your opening pages [of "Turgenev: A Study"] are excellent , excellent! I was much delighted with your masterly thrusts to all that thick headed crowd. As to the rest of the book you know that I do know it well.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1917 and 27 Oct 1917
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Turgenev: A Study
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsCollins 1917
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28348
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2002
Vol:6
Page:138
Additional Comments:
Letetr from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett dated 27 October 1917 Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919, (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 138, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28348, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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