Record Number: 24744
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thanks ever so much for the book. One would want a long and warm talk about it.To set down the several trains of thought suggested by your pages would take many pieces of papers like this. I must resist the temptation.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 15 Feb 1908 and 4 1908
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Luton Hoo Estate
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries
(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:New Words for Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socialism
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsArchibald Constable and Co.: London, 1908 (first publication)
Provenanceowned
Gift from author
Source Information:
Record ID:24744
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. 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:53
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G.Wells dated 4 March 1908, Someries.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 53, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24744, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range speculative but likely to be very much tighter, since Conrad unless travelling or ill/incapacitated, seems to have generally replied immediately to his correspondents, particularly those who sent him books.
