Record Number: 19420
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The review [in the "Spectator"] is good is it not.The "Speaker" also reviewed me the same week--Whig and Tory. That is also a good review. Upon the whole the "Press" is good. The provincial papers seem to catch on to "Jim". They sent me cuttings from Ed'gh. The Bradford "Observer" was most appreciative.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1900 and 27 Nov 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:Spectator and various newspapers and periodicals
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsOctober and November 1900
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19420
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:306
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to David Meldrum dated 27 November 1900, 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. 306, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19420, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
This is an example giving evidence of Conrad reading his own press reviews.These reviews refer to 'Lord Jim' published in book form 15 October 1900, and serialised in Blackwood's Magazine October 1899-November, 1900. Many other examples are to be found in his letters for example,during this period alone there were comments to David Meldrum (p.298 of source text) , to John Galsworthy (p.312 of source text) to Ford Madox Ford (p.340,353 of source text) and to J.B.Pinker (p.341 of source text.)