Record Number: 28851
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Let me thank you warmly for the two magnificent and interesting vol[ume]s about the South-Sea Isles which you have been good enough to send me.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1921 and 30 Aug 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:Mystic Isles of the South Seas
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Hodder and Stoughton, and New York: Century Co. 1921
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28851
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:334
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Frederick O'Brien 30 August 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. 334, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28851, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Frederick O'Brien was an American journalist and travel writer, see fn.3, p.3 of source text. It is not apparent whether Conrad was sent the New York or the London edition of this illustrated text. See also record ID 28850.