Record Number: 28921
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thank you for the magazines and books. I haven't yet dipped into the novel. I am very touched by the favourable response of the critics to the translation [of "A Set of Six"]. The article in "Robotnik" is very good and has greatly pleased me.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1924 and 16 Mar 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:Robotnik (The Worker)
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details(Daily of Polish Socialist Party)
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:28921
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:328
Additional Comments:
Letter in Polish from Joseph Conrad to Aniela Zagorska 16 March 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. 328, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28921, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
This non-specific evidence of reading is submitted to demonstrate Conrad's ongoing engagement with contemporary Polish criticism, including of his own work. Towards the end of his life he read and commented on many reviews of his own works, in three languages, though very few of these have been submitted as entries