Record Number: 28900
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am sorry I put in an, apparently, unlucky form what I had to say about the two pieces of prose you sent me.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 7 Jul 1923 and 8 Aug 1923
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:The Cow's Death
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsNew Statesman, 30 June 1923
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28900
Source: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:151
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett 8 August 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. 151, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28900, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
See fn.5, p.151 of source text. The identity of the second 'piece of prose' is unknown.