Record Number: 28910
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Sorry I am late in thanking you for the little book and the friendly inscription. I greatly enjoyed the parodies on those writers I have read.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Nov 1923 and 6 Dec 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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Triumph of the Nut and Other Parodies
Genre:Fiction, Essays / Criticism, parodies
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsNew York: Henry Holt, 1923
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28910
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:245
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Christopher Ward 7 December 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. 245, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28910, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
. See also fn.2 p.245 of source text. Date range is speculative