Record Number: 21517
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I've read Jack's article in the "Speaker". Hum! Hum! He had better be careful.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 14 Jul 1906 and 25 Jul 1906
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: 99 Addison Road W Kensington /Shepherds Bush
(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:Wanted - Schooling in Fiction
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details1906 see additional comments below
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21517
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:342
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ada Galsworthy dated 25 July 1906, Addison Road.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907, (Cambridge, 1988), 3, p. 342, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21517, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Article published in 'Speaker' 14 July 1906 pp.340-341 (see fn.2 p.342 of source text)