Record Number: 28929
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I feel compunctions not having written before about "The Forest" — a piece of work to which I came with the greatest interest. [...]. Anyway its a fine thing.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 May 1924 and 8 Jun 1924
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:The Forest
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: playscript
Publication DetailsDuckworth 1924
Provenanceunknown
probably sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28929
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2008
Vol:8
Page:380
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy 8 June 1924, Oswalds.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924, (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 380, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28929, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
This is the last documented reading experience to be found in Conrad's letters before his death on 3 August 1924.