Record Number: 27763
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'She [Mona Limerick, South American-born actor being considered for the leading female role in "Victory"] had excellent notices in J[osé] Echegarrays play ("Cleansing Stain" Pioneer Players). There's a suggestion of trouble and sorow about her which would just do for Lena.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:11 Feb 1917
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:
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:n/a
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsObserver 11 February 1917
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:27763
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2002
Vol:6
Page:47
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to B. Macdonald Hastings dated 19 March 1917, Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 47, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27763, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
This reading experience (see also fn.3 p.47 of source text) is included as evidence that Conrad was a regular reader of the "Observer".
