Record Number: 20883
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The book ["The Year of Trafalgar"] arrived. Some day I will bring it to London for you to write your name and mine on the flyleaf, thus making it specially valuable apart from its intrinsic worth, which I have been eagerly absorbing.' Hence follow eight lines of unqualified praise.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 16 Jun 1905 and 19 Jul 1905
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
location in dwelling: Probably bedroom or sitting room, see additional comments
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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: Title:The Year of Trafalgar: being an account of the battle and of the events which led up to it, with a collection of the poems and ballads written thereupon between 1805 and 1905
Genre:History, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: John Murray, 1905
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:20883
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:n/a
Page:275-276
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Henry Newbolt, dated 19th July 1905, Pent Farm
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 275-276, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20883, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
In the same letter Conrad indicated that he has been reading lying on his back, unable to write, and therefore enjoying reading (source text p.276.)