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Record Number: 18585


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Now I only want to say that "An Imagined World " charmed my eyes with a charm of its own-distinc[t]ly.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 4 Jan 1895 and 8 Jan 1895

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 17 Gillingham St SW

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

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Garnett

Title:

An Imagined World

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Dent 1894

Provenance

unknown
see additional comments


Source Information:

Record ID:

18585

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

1

Page:

198

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett, 8 January 1895.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 198, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18585, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

In an earlier letter (4 January 1895) Conrad comments to Garnett that 'your book is not there yet. You prod my curiosity' It is therefore not clear whether Conrad had ordered it from a library/ bookshop,or whether Garnett had sent him a copy.

   
   
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