Record Number: 20538

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Your first inst[alment] [of "Kipps"] in the PMM [Pall Mall Magazine] is jolly good. It turns up [sic] remarkably well. Coming upon it unexpectedly (the No.of PMM was sent to me) I gave a great gasp to see the story of which I had heard first so long ago now beginning at last. I don't know that I will read the other instalments. I should think not. I've been pleased and now I can wait. There is in that opening, my dear boy, a quality.' Hence follow eight more lines of praise, including a resolution to read the second instalment after all.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1905 and 13 Jan 1905

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: probably 99 Addison Road West London

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells

Title:

Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

First instalment of 'Kipps' published in Pall Mall Maagazine January 1905

Provenance

owned
Internal evidence (see citation) indicates that the magazine was sent to Conrad

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20538

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

205-206

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G.Wells dated 13 January 1905 London

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907, (Cambridge, 1988), 3, p. 205-206, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20538, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None