Record Number: 25584
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I like immensely your verse in the last E[nglish R[eview]. The second piece for choice but as a matter of fact I like best the one I am reading at the time.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:5 Jun 1909
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Aldington, Nr Hythe
county: Kent
(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:unspecified poem(s)
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsEnglish Review, June 1909
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:25584
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:239
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 5 June 1909, Aldington.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 239, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25584, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
See fn.2, p.239 of source text.