Record Number: 27764
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I see the "Obs[erv]er" every Sunday and I am waiting the next number with impatience.' [For a review by Sidney Colvin of "The Shadow-Line"]
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
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:Observer
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsweekly each Sunday.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:27764
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2002
Vol:6
Page:52
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Sidney Colvin dated 23 March 1917, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919, (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 52, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27764, accessed: 21 October 2024
Additional Comments:
See also earlier record ID 27763 and also subsequent letter to Colvin dated 25 March, p.53 of source text praising his notice in the "Observer". Conrad's frequent comments on his readings of reviews of his own work have not been submitted as individual experiences.