Record Number: 18686

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The "Impenitent Thief" has been read more than once. I've read it several times alone and I've read it aloud to my wife. Every word has found a home.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1898 and 23 Jan 1898

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford-le-Hope
county: Essex
specific address: Ivy Walls Farm

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:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Master mariner and author

Religion:

originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist

Country of Origin:

Poland

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Jessie Conrad

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

R. (Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham

Title:

The Impenitent Thief

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Social-Democrat, January 1898.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18686

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

24

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame-Graham 23 January 1898, Stanford-le- Hope.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 24, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18686, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None