Record Number: 28752
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I didn't thank you for the book ["Papa's War and Other Satires" ] by letter because I knew I was coming to town at once. You know my opinion of all the pieces composing it.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1918 and 8 Feb 1919
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Papa's War and Other Satires
Genre:Fiction, satire
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsAllen and Unwin 1918
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28752
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:356
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett dated 8 February 1918, London
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. 356, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28752, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
See also record ID 28581 and letter of 16 May 1918 p.218 of source text.