Record Number: 28912
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am wholly delighted with your "R.[iceyman] S.[teps]. Wholly. You will give me credit for not having missed any special gems but it is the whole achievement as I went from page to page that secured my admiration. [...] I closed the book at 7 in the morning after the shortest sleepless night of my experience [...]'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 20 Dec 1923 and 2 Jan 1924
Country:England
Timen/anight: read throughout the night
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
location in dwelling: presumably bedroom
(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:Riceyman Steps
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsCassell 1922
Provenanceowned
presentation copy sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28912
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:259
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Arnold Bennett 2 January 1924, 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. 259, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28912, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
See also letter 20 December 1923 p.249 of source text.
