Record Number: 27581
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It's ["The Inn of Tranquillity"] wholly excellent and certainly fascinating.[...] Of course I had read many of the papers before.' Hence follow ten lines of praise for this collection of stories.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 28 Oct 1912 and 2 Nov 1912
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:originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist
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:The Inn of Tranquillity
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1912 Heinemann
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:27581
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:5
Page:125
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 2 November 1912, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916, (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 125, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27581, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
See also record 26476 (1910) for a comment by Conrad after reading one of the stories in this collection.