Record Number: 28879
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I wonder what you think of my long silence after the receipt of your play ["A Tale of Young Lovers", late May]? I was just fiinishng a novel and putting off looking at the play deliberately. [...] Let me at once congratulate you affectionately on the charm and skill and beauty that is in your work.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 27 Jun 1922 and 19 Jul 1922
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:A Tale of Young Lovers: A Tragedy in Four Acts
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book, playscript
Publication DetailsHeinemann 1922
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28879
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:492
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Cecil Roberts, dated 19 July 1922, 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. 492, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28879, accessed: 19 February 2025
Additional Comments:
The letter to Eric Pinker of 27 June 1922 (p.482 of source text) indicating completion of the text of "The Rover" allows attribution of a precise date range for this reading experience.
