Record Number: 26465

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I received the volume ["A Motley"] the day before yesterday and laid it aside till this afternoon.' Hence follow one and a half pages of almost unqualified praise for the short stories and sketches in this collection, apart from Conrad's rejection of one piece, "A Reversion To Type".

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

18 Jun 1910

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: Aldington, Nr Hythe
county: Kent

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Galsworthy

Title:

A Motley

Genre:

Fiction, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Heinemann 1910

Provenance

owned
Inscribed copy from author sent via publisher (see text of letter)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26465

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

338-9

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 18 June 1910 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. 338-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26465, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None