Record Number: 28589

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Your R.A.F. paper is very good [...].'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 19 Feb 1918 and 17 Oct 1918

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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edric Cecil Mornington Roberts

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Education, aeronautics, military

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

articles on the R.A.F. subsequently published by John Murray 1919 as "Training the Airman: How They Fly"

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28589

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

288

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Cecil Roberts dated 17 October, 1918, 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. 288, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28589, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None