Record Number: 24758
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thanks for the book. You know what I think of it in so far as I have been able to express it. I did not do it very well. There is a singular fascination about this last volume of the trilogy. I've been dropping into it ever since it came and I am as far as ever from discovering a particularly precise formula of my admiration.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 27 Mar 1908 and 31 Mar 1908
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Luton Hoo Estate
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries
(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:The Fifth Queen Crowned
Genre:Fiction, History
Form of Text:Publication Details
Eveleigh Nash,1908
Provenanceowned
Gift from author
Source Information:
Record ID:24758
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:4
Page:69
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford dated 31 March 1908, Someries.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 69, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24758, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See also letter from Conrad to Ford dated 20 February, 1908, Record 24501. Since the book was only published on 26 March 1908 his earlier appreciative comments presumably refer to Conrad's reading of the manuscript or proofs.
