Record Number: 20888
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I don't know whether I ought to mention my delight at your approval of "Abeille" [by Anatole France]. I put it in your hands with confidence and trust - but one never knows.[...] I must tell you in confidence that some time ago dear Jack [Galsworthy] sat upon me so heavily for my admiration of "Thais" that I promised to myself to walk very delicately in the way of recommending books for the future.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:Unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Thais
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsParis: Calmann-Lévy,1890. Translated into English 1902 but more likely that Conrad read the French original.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20888
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:n/a
Page:289
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ada Galsworthy ated 21st October 1905, Pent Farm
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907, (Cambridge, 1988), p. 289, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20888, accessed: 18 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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