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Record 25054

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Both Jessie and I are very much struck with "[A] Fisher of Men".'
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
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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

 

Text Being Read:

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

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25054  
Source - Print  
  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

Additional comments:

It is not clear from the evidence whether Jessie Conrad read the story independently or whether she was a listener.

 

 

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