Record Number: 19293

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I think Zack [Gwendolen Keats] may be congratulated on the novel. It is an advance on the short stories--a promising advance. I've just finished reading it having waited for the last inst: [...] The French article [about the Dreyfus case] in the last number I dislike frankly as to tone. It is not "Maga's" tone either; it does not give an impression of intelligence behind the words--it is not quite candid. [...] The navy article awfully interesting and the Fashon in fiction simply delightful.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1899 and 27 Oct 1899

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent 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:

Title:

Blackwood's Magazine

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

October 1899

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19293

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

213

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to William Blackwood 27th 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. 213, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19293, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

According to fn.2. p.213 in source text, Gwendolen Keats' novel "On Trial" (1899).