Record Number: 28930

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'As to your verses. May I keep them? Of course now you say you will not finish the poem — and it may be true — now.[...] But its charm and music are for me. I have read it more than once.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 28 Oct 1896 and 14 Nov 1896

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford le Hope
county: Essex
specific address: Victoria Road

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:

Edward Lancelot Sanderson

Title:

An Episode of Southern Seas

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28930

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2007

Vol:

9

Page:

40

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to E. L. (Ted) Sanderson, 14 November 1896, Stanford le Hope.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923, (Cambridge, 2007), 9, p. 40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28930, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

See also letter 21 November 1896 (Collected Letters vol. 1, p.318-320.)