Record Number: 20274
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I ought to have thanked you before but I preferred to read the book first. I've read it twice with casts back here and there. The book is remarkable- and that it will be very much remarked I have no doubt.' Thence follows eleven lines of qualified praise though comparing the book rather unfavourably with Clifford's 1898 work "Since the Beginning".
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 1903
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:A Free Lance of Today
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsMethuen 1903
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Provenance unknown but presumably a pre publication copy sent by author, was read before publication
Source Information:
Record ID:20274
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:3
Page:20-21
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Hugh Clifford, dated 26th February, 1903, Pent Farm.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907, (Cambridge, 1988), 3, p. 20-21, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20274, accessed: 17 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
