Record Number: 19391
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It's wonderful how well sustained is the excellence of "Charlotte".I've just read the last instalment [...]'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Feb 1902 and 8 Mar 1902
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:(An episode of ) The Conquest of Charlotte
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsBlackwood's Magazine March 1902
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:19391
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:387
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to David Meldrum, dated 8 March, 1902, 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. 387, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19391, accessed: 07 December 2024
Additional Comments:
There are two further references to David Meldrum's novel in letters dated 25 June 1902 (p.431 of source text) and 22 July 1902 (p.436 of source text). These have not been entered as separate items.
