Record Number: 27635

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'If we had telephonic communication I would call you up and hear me thump my chest and cry mea culpa for not having written to him [Ford Madox Ford] about the [Henry] James book for which the precise word is: delightful.' Hence follow 6 lines of praise for Ford's new book.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 14 Jan 1914 and 23 Feb 1914

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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)

Title:

Henry James:A Critical Study

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1913 or 1914 Secker, see additional comments

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27635

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

5

Page:

360-1

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Violet Hunt ('Mrs Hueffer') dated 23 February 1914, Capel House.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 360-1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27635, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

The date of publication of this text is cited in COPAC entries as 1913 but as 1' January 1914 in a fn. in the source text p.360. The reading expeience date range is therfore an estimate.