Record Number: 27567
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You have given me a very invidious task.[...]. Well I have read all your copy. And the result of all my extreme fastidiousness is enclosed in the envelope. But my dear who am I to pick and choose in the stuff of a a man who can write, always has something to say and never fails on one side or the other to secure my sympathy.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1912 and 30 Mar 1912
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:How 'Twas: Short Stories and Small Travels.
Genre:Fiction, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Manuscript: UnknownUnknown
Publication Detailssubsequently published by Macmillan in June 1912
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:27567
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:5
Page:34
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Stephen Reynolds dated March 1912, Capel House, on being asked by Reynolds to help him select some short stories and other pieces for publication that year.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916, (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27567, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
