Record Number: 19373
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I run on with leaden feet and do not seem to advance an inch. I see no one, read nothing but "Maga" which is a solace a treat, an event.' Hence follows a short commentary on four items in the issue of Blackwood's Magazine referred to.
Century:1900-1945
Date: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:Blackwood's Magazine.
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details1901 Blackwood Vol 169 pp.616-778,
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19373
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:329
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to William Blackwood dated 3rd June 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. 329, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19373, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
See fn.1 p.330 of source text for information on the stories read.