Record Number: 28843
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Yesterday I read the first inst[alment] of "To Let" in a spirit of philistinish curiosity.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:16 Jan 1921
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
(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:To Let
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsserialised in Scribner's Magazine January to September 1921
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:28843
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2005
Vol:7
Page:243
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy, 17 January 1921, Oswalds
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922, (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 243, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28843, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None