Record Number: 33506

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It's no end good to think you like the book ["The Dark Flower"].'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 21 Jul 1913 and 17 Nov 1913

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Orlestone near Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House

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/nobility

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:

John Galsworthy

Title:

The Dark Flower

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1913 Heinemann

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33506

Source:

Print

Author:

John Galsworthy

Editor:

J.H. Stape and Owen Knowles

Title:

A Portrait in Letters: Correspondence to and about Conrad

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam; Atlanta GA

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

The Conradian 19, 1

Page:

94

Additional Comments:

Letter of 17 November 1913 from John Galsworthy to Joseph Conrad

Citation:

John Galsworthy, J.H. Stape and Owen Knowles (ed.), A Portrait in Letters: Correspondence to and about Conrad, (Amsterdam; Atlanta GA, 1995), The Conradian 19, 1 , p. 94, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33506, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Unusually, here is no extant letter from Conrad about reading this book; Conrad received and promptly acknowledged first editions of all Galsworthy's works which he had also often read in MS, and sometimes shared this reading with his wife Jessie.