Record Number: 28896

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Best wishes for the book's career begun yesterday—wasn't it?'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1922 and 24 Jul 1922

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Richard Curle

Title:

Into the East: Notes on Burma and Malaya

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

subsequently published by Macmillan, 1923 with a preface by Conrad

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28896

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2008

Vol:

8

Page:

56

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Richard Curle dated 22 March 1923, Oswalds

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924, (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 56, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28896, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Since Conrad wrote a preface (see letter 24 July 1922, vol. 7, p.49, of source text), it can be deduced that he first read the text in MS though no direct evidence of this has to date been found in the many letters to its author.