| Evidence: | 'PS I've read "Two Magics" Henry James's last. The first story ["The Turn of the Screw"] is all there. He extracts an intellectual thrill out of the subject. The second ["Covering End"] is unutterable rubbish.Quite a shock to one of the faithful.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 13 Oct 1898 and 20 Oct 1898 | ||||||||||
| 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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Henry James |
| Title: | The Two Magics |
| Genre: | Fiction, Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Heinemann 13 October 1898 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18874 | |
| 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: | 111 | |
| Additional comments: | Postscript to letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford, 20 October 1898, Stanford-Le-Hope. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 111, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18874, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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