Record Number: 18609

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Humphry James is good. Is he very deep or very simple? And by the bye R. Bridges is a poet I'm damned if he ain't! There's more poesy in one page of "Shorter Poems" than in the whole volume of Tennyson. This is my deliberate opinion. And what a descriptive power! The man hath wings--sees from on high.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 6 Nov 1897 and 26 Nov 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

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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:

Humphry James

Title:

Paddy's Woman and Other Stories

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1896 Fisher Unwin

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18609

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:

413

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett 26 November 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. 413, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18609, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None