Record Number: 28591
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'That vol[ume]["Colour Studies in Paris"] is full of charm and contains many pages of rare distinction and luminous like pearls[...].'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1918 and 9 Dec 1918
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Colour Studies in Paris
Genre:History, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsChapman and Hall 1918
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28591
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:323
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Arthur Symons dated 9 December, 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. 323, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28591, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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