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Record Number: 21658


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In many respects and from an absolute point of judgement - the book ["An English Girl"] is simply magnificent.' Hence follows a page of almost unqualified praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1907 and 1 Oct 1907

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: near Luton
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries, Luton Hoo Estate

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)

Title:

An English Girl

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Methuen,1907. see also additional comments

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

21658

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:

485

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford dated 1st September 1907, Someries, Luton

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907, (Cambridge, 1988), 3, p. 485, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21658, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

The novel was completed in May 1907 and published in September 1907 (see fn.4, p.485 of source text). As there is no earlier reference in any correspondence that Conrad read it before publication, the date range of the reading experience has been placed as 1 September -1st October 1907.

   
   
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