Record Number: 21668
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The new edition of the "Island Ph[arisee]" arrived during the crisis of horrors [severe gout and the debilitating effects of the then new colchicine treatment] and I tackled the preface with as much mind as I had then. It is thoroughly good I think.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1908 and 13 Feb 1908
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: near Luton
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries, Luton Hoo Estate
location in dwelling
(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 Island Pharisees
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Heinemann, 1907. second revised edition with preface by author
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21668
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4, 1908-1911
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:4
Page:41
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ada Galsworthy dated 13 February 1908, letterhead: Someries
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4, 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21668, accessed: 17 May 2025
Additional Comments:
None
