Record Number: 28909

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Many thanks for the two copies, especially the grand format, of Crane's biography. Both sizes are very attractively got up. I very well like your fount and the spacing of the lines. I am going to drop a few lines to Mr Beer to congratulate him on his achievement. It is a live book, more so than any biography I ever read.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1923 and 6 Dec 1923

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:

Thomas Beer

Title:

Stephen Crane: A Study in American Letters with an introduction by Joseph Conrad

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Alfred Knopf, 1923

Provenance

owned
sent by publisher

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28909

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:

244

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Alfred Knopf 6 December 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. 244, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28909, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Although Conrad wrote the introduction in March 1923 there is no evidence from his letters that he had read any part of the biography until he received these two copies in December 1923.