Record Number: 26675
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thank you for the fine present.[...] While reading delightedly this little work which shines with so soft a brightness, I have for a moment been able to forget the passage of time.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1911 and 30 Oct 1911
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
(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 Outcry
Genre:Fiction,
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsMethuen, October 1911
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:26675
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:496-497
Additional Comments:
Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Henry James dated ?October 1911, Capel House. See also additional comment
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 496-497, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26675, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
see fn.1and 2, p. 496 of source text. The recipient of the letter (addressed only as "Cher et bon Maitre") and the text are speculatively but convincingly identified as referring to Henry James and his latest novel.
