Record Number: 21663
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The first instalment of your story in the PMM ["Pall Mall Magazine"] opens the year brilliantly. How good you are in presenting the human interest of a story in terms of jesting.' Hence follow about eight lines of praise and encouragement.
Century:1900-1945
Date:1 Jan 1908
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: near Luton
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries, Luton Hoo Estate
(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 War in the Air
Genre:Fiction, Science
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsLondon, Pall Mall Magazine January 1908
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21663
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4, 1908-1911
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:4
Page:6
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G Wells dated 1st January 1908, Someries,Luton
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4, 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21663, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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