Record Number: 27582
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In the meantime I thank you heartily for your more than in one way very interesting vol.["Shadows out of the Crowd"]. We shall have a talk about it when you come, with the corpus delicti there before us to refer to.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Nov 1912 and 6 Nov 1912
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:Shadows out of the Crowd
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1912 Stephen Swift
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:27582
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:5
Page:130-1
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Richard Curle dated 6 November 1912, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916, (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 130-1, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27582, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Richard Curle (1883-1968) was a traveller essayist and critic and subsequently developed a close working relationship and friendship with Conrad. See fn1 p.130 of source text, also Knowles and Moore (2000) p.82
