Record Number: 27635
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'If we had telephonic communication I would call you up and hear me thump my chest and cry mea culpa for not having written to him [Ford Madox Ford] about the [Henry] James book for which the precise word is: delightful.' Hence follow 6 lines of praise for Ford's new book.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 14 Jan 1914 and 23 Feb 1914
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:Henry James:A Critical Study
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1913 or 1914 Secker, see additional comments
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27635
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:360-1
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Violet Hunt ('Mrs Hueffer') dated 23 February 1914, 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. 360-1, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27635, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
The date of publication of this text is cited in COPAC entries as 1913 but as 14 January 1914 in a fn. in the source text p.360. The reading experience date range is therefore an estimate.
