Record Number: 28913
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read with the greatest pleasure what you say about Trollope. I made his acquaintance full thirty years ago and made up my mind about his value then, as a writer of remarkable talent for imaginative rendering of the social life of his time, with its activities and interests and incipient thoughts.[ ...] I was considerably impressed with them [The "Palliser" novels] in the early eighties when I chanced upon a novel entitled "Phineas Finn". Haven't seen them since, to tell you the truth [...]'
Century:1900-1945
Date:8 Feb 1924
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 Bookman's Notes
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details1 February 1924, Manchester Guardian Weekly
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28913
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:304
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Allan Monkhouse (literary critic of the "Manchester Guardian"), 8 February 1924, 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. 304, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28913, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None
