Record Number: 21520
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I got the play ["The Breaking Point"] at 9 this morning. I've shut myself up with it at once and I won't come out of the room. I will see no one, will let no word or thing come between it and me till I've written to you.' Hence follow five pages of commentary and praise.
Century:1900-1945
Date:17 Nov 1906
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place: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:The Breaking Point
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: unclear whether MS or printed playscript
Publication Detailspublished later, (London: Duckworth, 1907)
Provenanceunknown
probably sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:21520
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:373
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett dated 17 November, 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. 373, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21520, accessed: 17 May 2024
Additional Comments:
'The Breaking Point' was censored for public performance but published in 1907 (London: Duckworth) see fn.2 p.375 of source text.
