Record Number: 19292
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Referring to the reporting of the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): 'I can't say I shared in the hysterical transports of some public organs for the simple reason that I expected to see displayed all the valour, perseverance, devotion which in fact have been displayed. Confound these papers. From the tone of some of them one would have thought they expected the artillery to clear out at a gallop across hills and ravines[...]. Those infernal scribblers are rank outsiders .'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 10 Oct 1899 and 26 Oct 1899
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
(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:newspapers
Genre:Politics, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsOctober 1899
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19292
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:2
Page:211
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to E.L.(Ted) Sanderson, 26th October 1899, Pent farm.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 211, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19292, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
The same letter contains earlier a reference to Conrad reading Paul Krugers' 'proclamation', presumably his ultimatum to the British government, which when it expired in October 1899 led to the declaration of war.