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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
 
1900-1945Sorry 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.'Joseph Conrad Christopher WardThe Triumph of the Nut and Other ParodiesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Have you seen Gwatkin? His novel is not bad and I can see now why it had that sale. Shall I send it to you or has he given you a copy?' Joseph Conrad John Paris [pseud. Frank Trelawney Arthur Ashton-Gwatkin]KimonoPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am wholly delighted with your "R.[iceyman] S.[teps]. Wholly. You will give me credit for not having missed any special gems but it is the whole achievement as I went f...Joseph Conrad Enoch Arnold BennettRiceyman StepsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read with the greatest pleasure what you say about Trollope. I made his acquaintance full thirty years ago and made up my mind about his value then, as a writer of re...Joseph Conrad Allan MonkhouseA Bookman's NotesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'The play arrived yesterday and I read it in the evening (the proper time for plays) with the greatest appreciation.' [...] Some day — if you permit me — I'll send you th...Joseph Conrad Allan Monkhouse Print: Book, playscript
1900-1945'Many thanks for "La Maison natale", which you have so kindly sent me. I have just finished reading it and am greatly impressed by the simple and effective way you treat ...Joseph Conrad Jacques CopeauLa Maison natalePrint: Book, playscript
1900-1945'I am sorry I am so late in thanking you for the two vols of Polish Literature which I have read with the highest appreciation — and for the brochure on the religious ele...Joseph Conrad Roman DyboskiModern Polish Literature: a course of lectures del...Print: Book
1900-1945'I am sorry I am so late in thanking you for the two vols of Polish Literature which I have read with the highest appreciation — and for the brochure on the religious ele...Joseph Conrad Roman DyboskiPeriods of Polish Literary History: Being the Ilch...Print: Book
1900-1945'I am sorry I am so late in thanking you for the two vols of Polish Literature which I have read with the highest appreciation — and for the brochure on the religious ele...Joseph Conrad Roman Dyboski?The Religious Element in Polish National LifePrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'I had letter from Sir Hugh Clifford. He sends me six copies of his address to the Legislative Council.[...] The report is very interesting.' Joseph Conrad Hugh CliffordAddress to the Legislative Council of NigeriaPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Thank you for the magazines and books. I haven't yet dipped into the novel. I am very touched by the favourable response of the critics to the translation [of "A Set of ...Joseph Conrad Robotnik (The Worker)Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Today's "J[ohn] B[lunt]" is particularly good. [...] The last three "Blunts" were remarkably good.'Joseph Conrad Richard Curle [writing as 'John Blunt']I Say Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'For weeks I've had a bad wrist or I would have thanked you before for the "[A] M[an] [in] the Z[oo]". D[avid] may be congratulated in pulling off this piece with great t...Joseph Conrad David GarnettA Man in the ZooPrint: Book
1900-1945'As to the novel I think that between us two, if I tell you that I consider it "tout à fait chic" you will understand perfectly how much that "phrase de l'atelier" means ...Joseph Conrad Ford Madox FordSome Do Not... Print: Book
1900-1945'Many thanks for letting me have a view of the Nelson letter which is most interesting. I appreciate very much you taking the risk of loss in order to give me that pleasu...Joseph Conrad Horatio Nelson Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Forgive me for not thanking you sooner for the book ["Incidences"]. It's my gouty wrist I can barely hold a pen. But I don't need to tell you that I find your pages alwa...Joseph Conrad André GideIncidencesPrint: Book
1900-1945'My gouty wrist has kept me from thanking you immediately for the volume of poems that you so kindly sent me. [...] What more can I say to give you an idea of the pleasur...Joseph Conrad Louis-Marie-Emile RochéTemps perduPrint: Book
1900-1945'My warm thanks for the inscribed copy of "Bolshevik Persecution" you have been kind enough to send me. I have read with interest this most remarkably able account of a s...Joseph Conrad Francis McCullaghThe Bolshevik Persecution of ChristianityPrint: Book
1900-1945'I feel compunctions not having written before about "The Forest" — a piece of work to which I came with the greatest interest. [...]. Anyway its a fine thing.' Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe ForestPrint: playscript
1900-1945'I simply had to tell you having been impressed by seeing for the first time in my life a work of imagination acting upon an average sensibility with the personal, myster...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyStrifeManuscript: Unknown


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