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Record Number: 28830


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thanks ever so much for the admirable book of portraits. Every one is a revelation-especially of course those of the people one knows, if ever so little.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 23 Aug 1920 and 17 Dec 1920

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Rothenstein

Title:

Twenty-Four Portraits, with Critical Appreciation by Various Hands

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

G.Allen and Unwin 1920

Provenance

owned
sent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

28830

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

221

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to William Rothenstein dated 17 December 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. 221, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28830, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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