Record Number: 28930
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As to your verses. May I keep them? Of course now you say you will not finish the poem — and it may be true — now.[...] But its charm and music are for me. I have read it more than once.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 28 Oct 1896 and 14 Nov 1896
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford le Hope
county: Essex
specific address: Victoria Road
(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:An Episode of Southern Seas
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28930
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2007
Vol:9
Page:40
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to E. L. (Ted) Sanderson, 14 November 1896, Stanford le Hope.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923 (Cambridge, 2007), 9, p. 40, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28930, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
See also letter 21 November 1896 (Collected Letters vol. 1, p.318-320.)