Record Number: 28828
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Many thanks indeed for your good letter and for the little book ["La Symphonie Pastorale"] whose precious pages I will cut tonight "in the silence of my study" in a peaceful house where everyone has gone to bed.[...] For me that is the moment for friends' books.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:30 Nov 1920
Country:England
Timeevening
night
city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
location in dwelling: study
(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:La Symphonie Pastorale
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsEditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française: Paris 1919
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28828
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and J. H. Stape
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2005
Vol:7
Page:212
Additional Comments:
Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to André Gide, dated by source editors as (probably) 30 November 1920, Oswalds.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J. H. Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922, (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 212, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28828, accessed: 20 March 2025
Additional Comments:
This record has been included because it gives specific evidence of intention to read a text at a clearly defined time and place.
