Record Number: 18751

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And the merit of the book ["Jocelyn"], (apart from distinguished literary expression) is just in this: You have given the exact measure of your characters in a language of great felicity,with measure,with poetical appropriateness to characters tragic indeed but within the bounds of their nature. That's what makes the book valuable apart from its many qualities as a piece of lirerary work.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1898 and 16 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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Galsworthy

Title:

Jocelyn

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

subsequently published 1898 Duckworth as John Sinjohn

Provenance

borrowed (private library)
MS sent by author to Conrad prior to submission to and subsequent rejection by Fisher Unwin

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18751

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:

22

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy, 16 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. 22, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18751, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None