Record Number: 27605
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am glad I read the little book ["The Problems of Philosophy"] before coming to your essays ["Philosophical Essays"]. If in reading the first I felt moving step by step, with delight, on the firmest ground, the other gave me the sense of an enlarged vision in the clearest, the purest atmosphere.' Hence follow another 10 lines of praise and gratitude.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 12 Dec 1913 and 22 Dec 1913
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:Philosophical Essays
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1910 Longmans
Provenanceowned
gift from author
Source Information:
Record ID:27605
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:317
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Bertrand Russell dated 22 December 1913, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916, (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 317, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27605, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See also letter 12 December 1913 record 27604 referring to Conrad's initial reading of "Problems of Philosophy", the 'little book'.
