Record Number: 25551
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I wrote yesterday to P[erceval] G[ibbon] about his "Afrikander Memories". I didn't quite tell him how good they are for fear he should think I was gushing. But really, in that short production, look at the poetic vision, the existence of simple language, the breadth and force of the effects.' Hence follow 15 lines of praise.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 21 Apr 1909 and 4 May 1909
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Aldington, Nr Hythe
county: Kent
(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:Afrikander Memories
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsEnglish Review, May 1909
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:25551
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:229
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.D.Mackintosh, dated 5 May 1909, Aldington.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 229, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25551, accessed: 27 April 2024
Additional Comments:
For note on Perceval Gibbon, war correspondent, journalist and novelist, see p.xl-xli of source text. R.D. Mackintosh was a Scottish doctor and friend of Conrad practising in SW London.