Record Number: 26622
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thanks for the little book ["Light and Twilight"] so full of good things. You know I have a prediliction for your prose with its quiet,flowing felicity of phrase and what I call "penetrative" power of expression.' Hence follow 11 lines of praise.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 May 1911 and 31 Jul 1911
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
(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:Light and Twilight
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsDuckworth 1911
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:26622
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:444
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Thomas, undated, possibly early summer 1911, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 444, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26622, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
The date range is speculative. According to fn.2, p.444 of source text many of these stories and sketches had first appeared in the 'English Review' and other periodicals, so it is likely that Conrad had already read at least some of the contents.