Record Number: 24811
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!'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:unknown, likely England or France
Timen/a
Place:Luton Hoo Estate
Bedfordshire
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:unknown, likely England or France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Little Tour in France
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1885, new illustrated cheap edition Heinemann 1907
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:24811
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=24811, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Since Conrad's asociation with James only began with an exchange of books in 1886, and he received his first presentation copy from James, 'The Spoils of Poynton' in 1887, it is most likely that the edition of 'A Little Tour in France' read by Conrad, referred to here and recommended to Ada Galsworthy, was that of 1907.