| Evidence: | ' This is really great, great in every dimension. [...] I have read the book ["The New Machiavelli"] yesterday and this evening I re-read it from p.290-504. I don't know what a "masterpiece" may be --but I know what masterwork is when I see it. And this is it.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 19 Jan 1911 and 20 Jan 1911 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: second reading daytime: first reading |
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| Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House |
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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: | H. G. (Herbert George) Wells |
| Title: | The New Machiavelli |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 26617 | |
| 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: | 408 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G.Wells dated 20 January 1911, Capel House. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 408, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26617, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Publisher of first edition unclear; source text fn.1 p.408 claims Macmillan reluctantly published it. COPAC search suggests John Lane. |
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