Record Number: 26477
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The other day I took up "Yvette". How well she [Ada Galsworthy] has done it all!'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Nov 1910 and 7 Nov 1910
Country:England
Timen/a
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Yvette and Other Stories
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsDuckworth 1904 Ada Galsworthy's translation 'Yvette and Other Stories' with preface by Conrad, translator listed as 'A.G.'
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:26477
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:388
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 8 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. 388, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26477, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None