Record Number: 33506
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
Timen/a
Place:city: Orlestone near Ashford
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/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 Dark Flower
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1913 Heinemann
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33506
Source: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: 23 February 2026
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.
