Record Number: 25044
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Does the A[natole] F[rance] next book consist of the proofs you've let me see? And what on earth is one to write about it?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1908 and 10 Oct 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:L'Ile des Pingouins
Genre:Fiction, History, Politics, political satire as fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet, Proofs
Publication DetailsCalmann-Lévy, 1908
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:25044
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:142
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford dated 10 October 1908, 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. 142, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25044, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Conrad wrote an appreciative review of this book for the 'English Review' see fn. 5, p. 140 of source text, and also Knowles and Moore 'The Oxford Readers Companion to Conrad' (2000) p.126.
