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Record Number: 18884


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The trans: of the T.M.["The Time Machine"] is really first rate. What an admirably good thing it is, this T.M. How true,clever, ingenious, full of thought and beauty. I read on in the trans: neglecting my work.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 23 Dec 1898 and 3 Jan 1899

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

H.(Herbert) G. (George) Wells

Title:

The Time Machine

Genre:

Fiction, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

First published 1895. French translation being read here is by Henry-D. Davray (1873-1944) serialised in the "Mercure de France" 1898-1899

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18884

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

2

Page:

146

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G.Wells 3rd January 1899, Pent Farm.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 146, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18884, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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