Record Number: 27599
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I had read some of your Philipino [sic] stories--and was looking for more of your work. I spotted it first in the old MacClure Mag.; certainly without any help from anyone.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1906 and 1910
Country:probably England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:probably England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Caybigan
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsNew York: McClure, Phillips and Co,1906
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27599
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:232
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to James Marie Hopper dated 15 June 1913, 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. 232, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27599, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
see fn. 2 and 3 p.232 of source text for likely dating of this reading experience.