Record Number: 28337

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I only secured lately not so much the leisure as the proper freedom of mind, to read through and get on terms with your novel.[...] The book is captivatng enough in all conscience as a piece of writng and of course as a story too.' [Hence follow 9 lines of comment.]

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between Jan 1917 and 29 Aug 1917

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:

E.[Elliot] L. [Lovegood] Grant Wilson

Title:

The Mainland

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Duckworth, 1917

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28337

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

6

Page:

118

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to E.L.Grant Wilson (naturalist and writer), dated 29 August 1917, Capel House

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919, (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 118, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28337, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None