Record Number: 21518
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The Comet appeared to my naked (and surprised) eye yesterday morning. By a great effort of will I stuck to my own task till lunchtime. I began my observations in the afternoon and continued at it far into the night. I've completed them this morning. It is indeed a phenomenon!' Hence follow 18 lines of preliminary commentary on the text.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 14 Sep 1906 and 15 Sep 1906
Country:England
Timemorning
afternoon
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:In the Days of the Comet
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Macmillan, 1906
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21518
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:356
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G.Wells, dated 15 September, 1906, letterhead: 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. 356, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21518, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
