| Evidence: | 'This ["Beyond"] is a gripping piece of writing. I got as far as p.47 before it dawned on me that these were marvellous opening pages. The others are not less so. My dearest Jack they are sheer delight to read [...].'
[Hence follow 25 lines of unqualified praise.] |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between Jan 1917 and 29 Sep 1917 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| 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: | John Galsworthy |
| Title: | Beyond |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: William Heinemann, 1917 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28338 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 2002 | |
| Vol: | 6 | |
| Page: | 120 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 3 September 1917, Capel House |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 120, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28338, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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