Record Number: 24896
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'From one point of view I've nothing but admiration for the ending of "Shadows" ["Fraternity"].Its naturalness is appalling. Of course it can be attacked but its quality comes out in the fact that the objections fade away as soon as one tries to formulate them to oneself. I will not touch on the [a]ethestic value of these last pages.That cannot be questioned.' Hence follow four pages of constructive criticism.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 23 Aug 1908 and 2 Sep 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
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Additional Comments:
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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:24896
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:114-119
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 2-3 September, Someries.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 114-119, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24896, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
This is one in a series of letters (not all entered into the database) from Conrad to Galsworthy in 1908 about chapters of this work in progress. See also for example letters of 4 September (p.119-121 of source text), 19 September p. 127 of source text, and several others.