| Evidence: | [in reference to Israel Zangwill's praise for "The Nigger of the Narcissus" Conrad expresses] 'a disinterested admiration for his [Zangwill's] work-- dating far back, to the days of "Premier and the Painter" which I read by chance of the Indian Ocean--a copy with covers torn off and two pages missing.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1888 and 31 Oct 1893 | ||||||||||
| Country: | offshore | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: On board ship (unspecified) in Indian Ocean | ||||||||||
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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: | offshore |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Israel Zangwill |
| Title: | Premier and the Painter |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1888 Heinemann |
| Provenance: | Found |
| Record ID: | 18757 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 41 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Jane Cobden Unwin 22 February 1898 Ravensbrook,Oxted, Surrey (home of Stephen and Cora Crane) |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18757, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) Anglo-Jewish writer based in East End of London, subsequently supporter of Theodore Herzl and Zionism, wrote novels and plays about British Jewish life. 'Premier and the Painter' was a collaboration with Louis Cowan. |
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