Record Number: 20611
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I've just read Nelson. It is very good. Some criticism can be made mainly on the point that you presuppose too much knowledge of facts in your readers. Still we shall try to place it where it may be judged sympathetically.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 17 May 1905 and 29 May 1905
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:unknown
Genre:History, Biography,
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
presumably a MS sent either by author or agent to Conrad for comment.
Source Information:
Record ID:20611
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:254
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Norman Douglas dated 29 May 1905, 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. 254, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20611, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Conrad had met Douglas in Capri. No information can be found about Douglas having written a book on Nelson. the text is presumed to be an article on the subject See fn.1. p. 254 of source text relating to articles on Trafalgar centenary.
