Record Number: 18757

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[in reference to Israel Zangwill's praise for "The Nigger of the Narcissus" Conrad expresses] 'a disinterested admiration for his [Zangwill's] work-- dating far back, to the days of "Premier and the Painter" which I read by chance of the Indian Ocean--a copy with covers torn off and two pages missing.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1888 and 31 Oct 1893

Country:

offshore in Indian Ocean

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: On board ship (unspecified) in Indian Ocean

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

Master mariner

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

Poland

Country of Experience:

offshore in Indian Ocean

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Israel Zangwill

Title:

Premier and the Painter

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1888 Heinemann

Provenance

Found

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18757

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

2

Page:

41

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Jane Cobden Unwin 22 February 1898 Ravensbrook, Oxted, Surrey (home of Stephen and Cora Crane)

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18757, accessed: 06 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) Anglo-Jewish writer based in the East End of London, subsequently supporter of Theodore Herzl and Zionism, wrote novels and plays about British Jewish life. 'Premier and the Painter' was a collaboration with Louis Cowan.