Record Number: 26467
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In the same No. [of Harper's Magazine] Nevinson has a story-- and Lord it is bad. The whole No. is so inept that I feel sick to see myself there.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Aug 1910 and 5 Aug 1910
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
(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:Sitting at a Play
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsHarpers Magazine August 1910
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26467
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:354
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 5 August 1910 Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 354, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26467, accessed: 28 March 2024
Additional Comments:
'The Secret Sharer' was first published in the August and September issues of Harper's Magazine'. See also Conrad's letter to John Galworthy 26 November 1908 record 25050 in which he praises Nevinson's book on India.