Record Number: 18591
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am sorry to miss making the acquaintance of Mr Becke. Strangely enough I have been, only the other day, reading again his "Reef and Palm". Apart from the great interest of the stories what I admire most is his perfect unselfishness in the telling of them.[...] I haven't seen yet the "The First Fleet Family" and have a great curiosity.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jul 1896 and 8 Aug 1896
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Ile Grande, near Lannion
county: Côtes du Nord
(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:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:By Reef and Palm
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1894 Fisher Unwin
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18591
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:1
Page:298
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to T.Fisher Unwin, 9 August, France
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897, (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 298, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18591, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Louis Becke (1855-1913) was an Australian novelist and short story writer who wrote extensively on the South Pacific. See also postscript to letter from Conrad to A.T. Saunders (Adelaide), 26 January 1917 on Louis Becke in which Conrad claims to not have been 'favorably impressed' on subsequently meeting him. (Collected Letters vol 6 p.19)