Record Number: 27675

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thanks for the book ["The Little Man"]. "Abracadabra" is immense. Indeed every page is as full as it can be right through the book.' Hence follow five more lines of praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 10 Apr 1915 and 18 May 1915

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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 Little Man and other satires

Genre:

Fiction, Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1915 Heinemann

Provenance

owned
gift from author

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27675

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

477

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy 18 May 1915, 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. 477, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27675, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

See also letter to Galsworthy of 10 April 1915, p.466 of source text, in which some of the contents of this work are discussed