Record Number: 26476

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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

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House

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:

The Windlestraw

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

Subsequently published in the collection 'The Inn of Tranquillity:Studies and Essays(London: Heinemann and New York:Scribner's,1912)

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26476

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:

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: 15 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None