Record Number: 20358
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He [Edward Garnett] gave me his father's book for you. He handed it to me because I wanted to look at some new stories in the vol:[...]I send it on now. E.G. thinks that the intelligence and irony of the book may appeal to H.G. I think so too.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jun 1903 and 11 Jul 1903
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford near 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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Twilight of the Gods and Other tales
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book, Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsLondon: T.Fisher Unwin, first publ.1888 new augmented edn London anmd New York: J.Lane, 1903
Provenanceborrowed (other)
passed on by author's son to Conrad, for attention of H.G.Wells
Source Information:
Record ID:20358
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:n/a
Page:43
Additional Comments:
Letter to H.G.Wells dated Saturday 4th or 11th July? 1903, Pent Farm.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20358, accessed: 28 March 2024
Additional Comments:
See also fn.3, p.43 of source text. Richard Garnett (1835-1906) was the father of Edward Garnett, was formerly Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, and wrote numerous scholarly papers and books as well as this collection of short stories. Internal evidence in the letter implies that Conrad was referring to the new 1903 edition.