Record Number: 19344
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I add a few words above all to talk to you about the book. I've read the novel for the third time, faithfully--from one end to the other. It's very good. It's very good! The characters are defined with a precision which I envy in you. [...] I love the book.There is a very gentle charm and also power in the style.' Hence follows five more lines of praise.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1900 and 10 May 1900
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:Pour Noemi
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1900
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:19344
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:267
Additional Comments:
Translation of part of letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Marguerite Poradowska, 10th May 1900, Pent Farm.The letter was in effect a postscript to a letter in English from Jessie Conrad (see fn.4 p.266 in source text).
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 267, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19344, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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