Record Number: 20401
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Hudson's "Sparrow" is really first rate and just in the tone I expected. C'est une belle nature, which never falls short of its domain. One can depend upon him. The other volume I have been reading with a surprised admiration. It shall be an abiding delight-I see that much.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 18 May 1904 and 2 Jul 1904
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford near Hythe
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:Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Duckworth, 1904
Provenanceowned
Internal evidence indicates a gift from R.B.Cunninghame Graham
Source Information:
Record ID:20401
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:149
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B.Cunninghame Graham dated 2nd July 1904, 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. 149, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20401, accessed: 19 February 2026
Additional Comments:
The identity of the second book referred to in the citation is uncertain, but according to fn.2,p.149 of source text, Cunninghame Graham's biographers consider that it was Hudson's 'Green Mansions'.
