Record Number: 19359
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
''The MS heralded by your letter arrived this morning. I've had the time to read it . it is wonderfully well done: technically and in the clearness of the idea it is superior to the "Villa [Rubein]". Jack [Galsworthy] is making giant strides;[...]' Hence follows twenty lines of encouragement.
Century:1900-1945
Date:5 Sep 1900
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
(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:The Cosmopolitan (eventually known as A Knight)
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
sent by author's sister
Source Information:
Record ID:19359
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:2
Page:290
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Mabel Reynolds, younger sister of John Galsworthy, dated 5th September 1900, Pent Farm.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 290, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19359, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
See also letters from Joseph Conrad to David Meldrum 1st September 1900 and John Galsworthy 9th September 1900 pp.288-289 and p.291 of source text.
