Record Number: 28304

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Pray, when you see [Wilson] Follett, give him a warm greeting from me. His little book is one of these things one does not forget. I saw some time ago a study of Galsworthy by him (and a lady who must be either his wife or his sister) which within the limits if a magazine article was simply admirable for insight and expression.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1917 and 8 Aug 1917

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Helen Thomas Follett (and Wilson Follett)

Title:

Some Modern Novelists: Appreciations and Estimates

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

New York: Henry Holt, 1917

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28304

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

6

Page:

111

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Quinn dated 8 August 1917, Capel House

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919, (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 111, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28304, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

See fn.2 p. 111 of source text. From this evidence it is not clear whether Conrad first read the Galsworthy article in a periodical and subsequently read the book in which it was reprinted.