| Evidence: | 'Do you think Stephen will be home for Christmas? His story in B. ["Blackwood's Magazine"] is magnificent. It is the very best thing he has done since "The Red Badge [of Courage]"--and it has even somethimng the "Red Badge" has not--or not so much of. He is maturing. He is expanding.' [Then follows six more lines of praise.] |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 26 Nov 1898 and 4 Dec 1898 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Stanford near Hythe county: Kent specific address: Pent 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: | Stephen Crane |
| Title: | The Price of the Harness |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | Blackwoods Magazine December 1898 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18879 | |
| 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: | 127 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Cora Crane 4th December 1898, Pent Farm, Kent |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 127, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18879, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
| Date range of reading experience unclear but the comment to Cora Crane in the letter, that two other house guests 'last week' were delighted with this short story. places it bewteen late November when the December issue of Blackwood's magazine would have appeared, to early December. See also letters to R.B Cunninghame Graham 1st December 1898 and A.E. Bontine 4th December 1898 pp.124-126 of source text. |
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