Record Number: 26677
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read the MS. I have read it twice.' Hence follow 20 lines of quite strong but constructive criticism.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 21 Oct 1911 and 18 Nov 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:(probably) The Purser's Shilling an earlier version of The True Dimension
Genre:Fiction, Autobiog / Diary,
Form of Text:Manuscript: typescript (see additional information
Publication Detailssubsequenly published by Secker, 1916
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:26677
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:504
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Warrington Dawson dated 11 or 18 November 1911, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 504, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26677, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Fn. 3 p.75 of "Collected Letters" vol 6 subsequently and in the context of this later correspondence in 1917, identifies this work as (probably) being a draft of "The True Dimension". See also fn.1 and 2 p. 504 of source text and also later letter 25 November 1911 retracting some of the criticism.
