Record Number: 28893
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Will you please give my warm regards to your husband and tell him I have just finished reading the "Rumak" with the greatest possible interest. I think it's simply wonderful in its sustained power and charm of expression.[...] I haven't been able as yet to find time to begin "Pustka.''
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1923 and 20 Jan 1923
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
(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:Rumak Swiatowida:karykatura wczorajsza (Swiatowid's Steed: A Caricature of Yesterday)
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsKrakow 1919
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28893
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2008
Vol:8
Page:12
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Kate Zuk-Skarszewska dated 20 January 1923, Oswalds
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924, (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 12, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28893, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
