Record Number: 18871
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"Higginson's Dream" is super-excellent. It is much too good to remind me of any of my work, but I am immensely flattered that you discern some points of similitude. Of course I am in complete sympathy with the point of view. For the same accomplishmnet in expression I can never hope--and Robert [Cunninghame Grahame] is too strong an individuality [sic] to be influenced by anyone's writing. He desired me to correct the proofs but the "Sat. Rev" people did not send me the proofs.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Oct 1898 and 16 Oct 1898
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford-le-Hope
county: Essex
specific address: Ivy Walls 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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:R. (Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham
Title:Higginson's Dream
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsstory published in Saturday Review 1 October 1898
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18871
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:104-105
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to the Hon.A.E.Bontine [mother of Robert Cunnighame Graham] 16 October 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. 104-105, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18871, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
"Higginson's Dream" was a story of colonial squalor in the South Seas (fn.4 p.104 source text) re-published in "Thirteen Stories" 1900 (fn.1 p.105 source text).