| Evidence: | 'What do you think of the "Gadfly"? I wrote what I thought to P.[presumably Sydney Pawling of Heinemann] who rejoined gallantly. But it comes to this, if his point of view is accepted, that having suffered is sufficient excuse for the production of rubbish.[...] I don't remember ever reading a book I disliked so much.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1897 and 11 Oct 1897 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Stanford-le-Hope county: Essex specific address: Ivy Walls Farm |
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| 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, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | E.(Ethel) L.(Lilian) Voynich |
| Title: | The Gadfly |
| Genre: | Fiction, Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1897 Heinemann |
| Provenance: | unknown possibly sent to Conrad by Pawling of Heinemann for his comments |
| Record ID: | 18601 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 395 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett 11 October 1897, Stanford-le-Hope. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 395, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18601, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| E.L.Voynich (born Lilian Boole in Cork, Ireland). 'The Gadfly' was the first novel of a romantic trilogy, this one about the Young Italy movement of 1848. The later books of the trilogy were 'An Interrupted Friendship' (1910) and 'Put Off Thy Shoes' (1945). |
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