Record Number: 26476
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I send back "The Windlestraw" by return of post. In this sort of apologue you are simply incomparable.' Hence follows a page of praise.
Century:1900-1945
Date:1 Nov 1910
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
(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:The Windlestraw
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication DetailsSubsequently published in the collection 'The Inn of Tranquillity:Studies and Essays(London: Heinemann and New York:Scribner's,1912)
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:26476
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:384
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 1st November, 1910 Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 384, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26476, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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