Record Number: 28815
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I was laid up directly on arriving here, and this is the explanation of the delay in thanking you for the precious copy of the book. Pray convey to your brother my great appreciation of his signature on the fly leaf.'
[Hence follow four lines of praise.]
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Nov 1919 and 4 Jan 1920
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
(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:Merchantmen-at-Arms:The British Merchants' Service in the War
Genre:History, Naval history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsChatto and Windus 1919
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28815
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2005
Vol:7
Page:5
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Captain David Bone, dated 4 January 1920, Oswalds
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922, (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28815, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None