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Record Number: 18604


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thanks for the copy of the November number [of Blackwood;'s Magazine][...] I turned to "Tennyson" with eagerness.' Hence follow several line of discussion on this review article.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1897 and 29 Oct 1897

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford-le-Hope
county: Essex
specific address: Ivy Walls 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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Blackwood's Magazine

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Blackwood November 1897

Provenance

owned
sent to Conrad by William Blackwood


Source Information:

Record ID:

18604

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

401

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to William Blackwood 29 October 1897, Stanford-le-Hope.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897, (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 401, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18604, accessed: 28 September 2024


Additional Comments:

The book reviewed in the November issue is Hallam Tennyson's 'Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A Memoir' Macmillan (1897)

   
   
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