Evidence: | 'Both Jessie and I are very much struck with "[A] Fisher of Men".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 30 Nov 1908 and 5 Dec 1908 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Luton Hoo Estate county: Bedfordshire specific address: Someries |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | John Galsworthy |
Title: | A Fisher of Men |
Genre: | Fiction, |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | short story appearing in first issue of 'English Review' December 1908 |
Provenance: | owned It is assumed that Conrad received the first issue of English Review from the publishers given his close asociation with the review |
Record ID: | 25054 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
Editor: | Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies | |
Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1990 | |
Vol: | 4 | |
Page: | 157 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 5 December 1908, Someries. |
Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 157, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25054, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
It is not clear from the evidence whether Jessie Conrad read the story independently or whether she was a listener. |
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