Record Number: 28938
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have this moment received your very kind letter with the enclosure of verse for which I hasten to send you my warm thanks. The verse is very genuine and has appealed to me. My compliments to David Morton for having captured this musing mood so charmingly and with such a felicity of expression and images.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:9 Aug 1920
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Bishopsbourne
Kent
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:?Old Ships
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28938
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2007
Vol:9
Page:229-30
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Kate Gordon Quill 9 August 1920, Oswalds.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923, (Cambridge, 2007), 9, p. 229-30, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28938, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Identity of text speculative, see fn.1, p.230 of source text.