Record Number: 25551

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I wrote yesterday to P[erceval] G[ibbon] about his Afrikander memories. I didn't quite tell him how good they are for fear he should think I was gushing. But really, in that short production, look at the poetic vision, the existence of simple language, the breadth and force of the effects.' Hence follow 15 lines of praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 21 Apr 1909 and 4 May 1909

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Aldington, Nr Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Forehead

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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Reginald Perceval Gibbon

Title:

Afrikander Memories

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

English Review, May 1909

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25551

Source:

Print

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:

229

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.D.Mackintosh, dated 5 May 1909, Aldington.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 229, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25551, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

For note on Gibbon, war correpondent, journalist and novelist, see p.xl-xli of source text. R.D. Mackintosh was a Scottish doctor and friend of Conrad practising in SW London.