Record Number: 20538
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Your first inst[alment] [of "Kipps"] in the PMM [Pall Mall Magazine] is jolly good. It turns up [sic] remarkably well. Coming upon it unexpectedly (the No.of PMM was sent to me) I gave a great gasp to see the story of which I had heard first so long ago now beginning at last. I don't know that I will read the other instalments. I should think not. I've been pleased and now I can wait. There is in that opening, my dear boy, a quality.' Hence follow eight more lines of praise, including a resolution to read the second instalment after all.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1905 and 13 Jan 1905
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: probably 99 Addison Road West London
(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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsFirst instalment of 'Kipps' published in Pall Mall Maagazine January 1905
Provenanceowned
Internal evidence (see citation) indicates that the magazine was sent to Conrad
Source Information:
Record ID:20538
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:3
Page:205-206
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G.Wells dated 13 January 1905 London
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907, (Cambridge, 1988), 3, p. 205-206, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20538, accessed: 01 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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