Record Number: 28885
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Many thanks for D. [David]'s little tale ["Lady into Fox"]. Its the most successful thing of the kind I have ever seen.'
[Hence follow ten lines of praise.]
1900-1945
Date:Between 26 Oct 1922 and 27 Oct 1922
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
(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:Lady into Fox
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsChatto and Windus 1922
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28885
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:556
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett dated 27 October 1922, 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. 556, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28885, accessed: 28 April 2025
Additional Comments:
See fn.2 p.556 of source text for validation of date range.