Record Number: 28864
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The readng of "Memories and Notes" has been one continuous delight. As you know I have been privileged to see some of these papers even in typescript and some in their serial form. But the quality of their interest and freshness is of the kind that does not perish in the reading and re-reading.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between Apr 1921 and 1 Nov 1921
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:Memories and Notes of Persons and Places, 1852-1912
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsEdward Arnold, 1921
Provenanceowned
presentation copy by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28864
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:362
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Sidney Colvin, 1 November 1921, 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. 362, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28864, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See also record ID 28811 and fn.2, p.362 of source text for earlier readings of chapters of this text.
