Record Number: 32297
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'By the same post with the ordered copy of the E[nglish] R[eview]arrived the charming cahier des vers ["High Germany"] inscribed to us both. I have been turning over its pages ever since, in a manner of speaking, perfectly fascinated with its feeling and music. It's you--very characteristic-- and yet with a difference--how shall we say it? A sort of deeper vibration.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 20 Dec 1911 and 21 Dec 1911
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Orlestone
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
(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
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:High Germany
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon Duckworth 1911
Provenanceowned
autograph presentation copy from author
Source Information:
Record ID:32297
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R Karl and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:4
Page:525
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer), Capel House, 21 Dec 1911
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R Karl and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 525, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32297, accessed: 06 February 2025
Additional Comments:
None