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Record Number: 32274

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Among the writers who deserve attention the first is Rudyard Kipling (his last book ,�The Day�s Work�, a novel). J.M. Barrie�a Scotsman. His last book �Sentimental Tommy� (last year).[...] George Moore has published the novel �Evelyn Innes��un succ�s d�estime. He is supposed to belong to the naturalistic school and Zola is his prophet. Tout �a, c�est tr�s vieux jeu. A certain Mr. T Watts-Dunton published the novel �Aylwin� a curiosity success, as this Watts-Dunton( who is also a barrister) is apparently a friend of different celebrities in the world of Fine Arts (especially in the pre-Raphaelite School). He has crammed them all into his book. H.G. Wells published this year �The War of the Worlds� and �The Invisible Man�. He is a very original writer, romancier du fantastique, with a very individualist judgement in all things and an astonishing imagination.�

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1898 and 31 Dec 1898

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Essex or Kent
specific address: Ivy Walls Farm or Pent Farm

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

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:

J M Barrie

Title:

Sentimental Tommy

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London 1896

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32274

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R Karl and Laurence Davies

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2 1898-1902

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

2

Page:

138

Additional Comments:

Letter (original in Polish)from Conrad to Aniela Zagorska, Pent Farm,Christmas, 1898

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R Karl and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 138, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32274, accessed: 04 February 2026

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Additional Comments:

None