Record Number: 26677
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read the MS. I have read it twice.' Hence follow 20 lines of quite strong but constructive criticism.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 21 Oct 1911 and 18 Nov 1911
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:unspecified
Genre:Unknown,
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:26677
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:504
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad Warrngton Dawson dated 11 or 18 November 1911, 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. 504, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26677, accessed: 17 April 2024
Additional Comments:
The MS is unidentified. See fn.1 and 2 p. 504 of source text and also later letter 25 November 1911 retracting some of the criticism.