Record Number: 18585
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Now I only want to say that "An Imagined World " charmed my eyes with a charm of its own-distinc[t]ly.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 4 Jan 1895 and 8 Jan 1895
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: 17 Gillingham St SW1
(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
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:An Imagined World
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsDent 1894
Provenanceunknown
see additional comments
Source Information:
Record ID:18585
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:1
Page:198
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett, 8 January 1895.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897, (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 198, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18585, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
In an earlier letter (4 January 1895) Conrad comments to Garnett that 'your book is not there yet. You prod my curiosity' It is therefore not clear whether Conrad had ordered it from a library/ bookshop,or whether Garnett had sent him a copy.