Record Number: 25214

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'All the same I've read your two short stories. Very good both. Very good indeed. But I am not going to think out a string of complimentary phrases for you. You are a big boy and know what "very good" means.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 6 Mar 1909 and 19 Mar 1909

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Aldington
county: Kent

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:

Stephen Reynolds

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25214

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

198

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Stephen Reynolds dated 12 or 19 March 1909, Aldington.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 198, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25214, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

The titles of these stories and their fate is not apparent from the evidence. Fn.1 p.204 confirms the date range.