Record Number: 19372
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Many thanks for your letter. The enclosure was most interesting. It reveals an original personality and to me attractive. It is at the same time a most flattering recognition of my qualities and shortcomings. I shall write to Mr Constable in a day or two.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
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:(letter)
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
letter forwarded by publisher to Conrad
Source Information:
Record ID:19372
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:327
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to William Blackwood dated 24th May 1901, 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. 327, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19372, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Frank Challice Constable 1846-1937 was a former Indian Civil Service officer and one of Blackwood's novelists. (see fn.2,p.326 source text.) His best known books were "The Curse of Intellect" (1895) and " Myself and Dreams" (1919).
