Record Number: 28895
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I've had the "Fortnightly [Review]" sent to me. I've just finished your "Sainte Beuve". My dear fellow! It's an admirable analytical exposition of the man himself. I've never read anything of this kind that gave me the same sense of penetrating vision coupled with formal perfection.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1923 and 6 Feb 1923
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Sainte Beuve (exact title unknown)
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn the Fortnightly Review, 113, 1923
Provenanceunknown
sent to reader , provenance unspecified
Source Information:
Record ID:28895
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2008
Vol:8
Page:23
Additional Comments:
Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Jean-Aubry dated 6 February 1923, Oswalds
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924, (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 23, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28895, accessed: 30 September 2024
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