Record Number: 26465
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I received the volume ["A Motley"] the day before yesterday and laid it aside till this afternoon.' Hence follow one and a half pages of almost unqualified praise for the short stories and sketches in this collection, apart from Conrad's rejection of one piece, "A Reversion To Type".
Century:1900-1945
Date:18 Jun 1910
Country:England
Timeafternoon
Place:city: Aldington, Nr Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Forehead
(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:A Motley
Genre:Fiction, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsHeinemann 1910
Provenanceowned
Inscribed copy from author sent via publisher (see text of letter)
Source Information:
Record ID:26465
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:4
Page:338-9
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 18 June 1910 Aldington.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 338-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26465, accessed: 23 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
