Record Number: 24810
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In H. James " Little Tour of France" (which I will send to Ada [Galsworthy] to take west with her for leisurely reading) there occurs a simple sentence which came forcibly to my mind. He had been looking at some picture in a provincial gallery--and he says: All this is painted in a manner to bring tears into one's eyes. I don't quote literally--(the book is downstairs where it is dark and I feel too fagged out doing nothing to move from my chair)--but that's just it! It [Galsworthy's MS] brings tears into one's eyes literally by the way its done. After finishing my reading I sat perfectly still I don't know for how long as a pilgrim may sit after a long and breathless ascent, on a commanding summit in view of the promised land.' Hence follow 23 lines of praise for the MS.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 4 Jul 1908 and 25 Jul 1908
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Luton Hoo Estate
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries
(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:Fraternity
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailssubsequently published by Heinemann 1909
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:24810
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. 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:95-96
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy probably 25 July 1908, Someries. See fn.1 p.95 of source text
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 95-96, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24810, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
See also letters to Galsworthy dated 4th and 16th July,1908. The MS is inferred as being that of 'Fraternity' see fn.4, p.93 of source text.