Record Number: 28924

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'As to the novel I think that between us two, if I tell you that I consider it "tout à fait chic" you will understand perfectly how much that "phrase de l'atelier" means to the initiated.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 May 1924 and 22 May 1924

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds

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

Title:

Some Do Not

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Duckworth 1924 (first volume of Tietjens tetralogy, subsequently "Parade's End"

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28924

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8, 1923-1924

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2008

Vol:

8

Page:

361

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford 22 May 1924, Oswalds.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8, 1923-1924 (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 361, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28924, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None