Record Number: 28592
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thanks very much for your sympathetic book. It is vividly interesting (I am on p.70) and am flattered to think that its writer, who knows so much of human affairs, thinks so well of my work. I trust we may meet [...] on your return from Damascus next year.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1918 and 25 Mar 1919
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:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
sent by unidentified author
Source Information:
Record ID:28592
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:341
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to unidentified recipient, date range between October 1918 and 25 March 1919, 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. 341, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28592, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
see fn.3, p.340 of source text, for three possible correspondents and all of whom travelled and wrote about the Middle East. T.E. Lawrence has also been identified as a possible recipient.
