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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Many thanks indeed for your good letter and for the little book ["La Symphonie Pastorale"] whose precious pages I will cut tonight "in the silence of my study" in a peac...Joseph Conrad André GideLa Symphonie PastoralePrint: Book
1900-1945'Thank you very much for Mr Holliday's book, which has certainly got a lot of good things in it and which I enjoyed greatly.'Joseph Conrad Robert Cortes HollidayunspecifiedPrint: Book
1900-1945'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.'Joseph Conrad William RothensteinTwenty-Four Portraits, with Critical Appreciation ...Print: Book
1900-1945'What to me [...] seems most wonderful in the "Cartagena" book is its inextinguishable vitality, the unchanged strength of feeling, steadfastness of sympathies and force ...Joseph Conrad R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame GrahamCartagena and the Banks of the SinuPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yesterday I read the first inst[alment] of "To Let" in a spirit of philistinish curiosity.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyTo LetPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Rudo [R.H.Sauter] shows much charm in "Awakening", which harmonised with the charm of the text in a fascinating way.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe AwakeningPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thank you very much for sending me the text [of John Galsworthy's play "The Family Man"] which I have looked over with considerable interest. There are several rather co...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Family ManPrint: playscript
1900-1945'Thank you for sending me the comedy. I found it [...] interesting and greatly entertaining, which however did not prevent me from taking your work quite seriously.'Joseph Conrad Bruno WinawerKsiega Hioba (The Book of Job)Print: playscript
1900-1945'I must begin by thanking you for the little book of satirical pieces ["Groteski"] which I read with great enjoyment and in that sympathetic mood which your work arouses ...Joseph Conrad Bruno WinawerGroteskiPrint: Book
1900-1945'A few days ago in fact I re-read "Les Caves du Vatican", with the same interest but with an admiration that grows on each new reading. The infinity of things you put int...Joseph Conrad André GideLes Caves du Vatican Print: Book
1900-1945'Let me thank you warmly for the two magnificent and interesting vol[ume]s about the South-Sea Isles which you have been good enough to send me.' Joseph Conrad Frederick O'BrienWhite Shadows in the South SeasPrint: Book
1900-1945'Let me thank you warmly for the two magnificent and interesting vol[ume]s about the South-Sea Isles which you have been good enough to send me.' Joseph Conrad Frederick O'BrienMystic Isles of the South SeasPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just read through the Zeromski novel you mean: "History of a Sin". I don't think it will do for translation. The international murderess episodes take but a littl...Joseph Conrad Stefan ZeromskiDzieje grzechuPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just read through the Zeromski novel you mean: "History of a Sin". I don't think it will do for translation. The international murderess episodes take but a littl...Joseph Conrad Stefan ZeromskiPopiolyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Many thanks for the charming copy of "The Brassbounder". It is as fresh and attractive as ever to read and I am still under the charm of this sincere and fascinating rec...Joseph Conrad David Bone The BrassbounderPrint: Book
1900-1945'I want to thank you at once for the book you have been good enough to send me.It is of course of the greatest interest and secures my personal sympathy by the kindly att...Joseph Conrad Harold WaldoStash of the Marsh CountyPrint: Book
1900-1945'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 ...Joseph Conrad Sidney ColvinMemories and Notes of Persons and Places, 1852-191...Print: Book
1900-1945'As for yourself — I have been dwelling with you mentally for several days between the covers of your book [...].' Joseph Conrad Bertrand RussellAnalysis of MindPrint: Book
1900-1945'And first of all my tender thanks for the copy of the limited edition [...]. The reading of it was an absorbing experience.'Joseph Conrad Hugh WalpoleThe Young Enchanted: A Romantic StoryPrint: Book
1900-1945'Now I have absorbed it I send you my thanks for "The Gift of Paul Clermont". It is a very charming and touching performance which one likes more the deeper one gets into...Joseph Conrad Francis Warrington DawsonThe Gift of Paul ClermontPrint: Book


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