Record Number: 32307
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I've read the "Seven Seas" and Jessie has used the scent (after heroic struggles with Kipling's diction and the glass stopper)and we are full of gratitude. Both things are excellent--the scent in its way better than the poems. But this we can discuss.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 5 Dec 1899 and 19 Dec 1899
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Postling nr Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
(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
Master mariner and autor
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 Seven Seas
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Methuen 1896
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32307
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2 1898-1902
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:2
Page:225
Additional Comments:
Letter from Jospeh Conrad to John Galsworthy,12th or 19th December 1899, Pent Farm
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 225, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32307, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range is slightly uncertain, see fn.1 p.225 of source text