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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

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

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:

Henry Woodd Nevinson

Title:

Sitting at a Play

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Harpers Magazine August 1910

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

26467

Source:

Print

Author:

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.

   
   
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