Record Number: 21516

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Ford's] "The Heart of the Country" is out today and a very charming piece of writing it is.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

11 May 1906

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)

Title:

The Heart of the Country: A Survey of Modern Land

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Alston Rivers,1906

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21516

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

331

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 11 May 1906, letterhead: Pent Farm

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907, (Cambridge, 1988), 3, p. 331, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21516, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Ford's rural sequel to 'The Soul of London' [London: Alston Rivers,1905 (see also fn. 2 p.331 of source text.)