Record Number: 25750
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You know Marris--the man of the East who wrote the letter I read to you? Well he is going back to his Malay princess wife and his kid, right away. I have asked him to come on Monday here for the day.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 6 Aug 1909 and 26 Aug 1909
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Trottiscliffe, nr East Malling and Wrotham
county: Kent
(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
Perceval Gibbon
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:personal letter
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:25750
Source: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:273
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Perceval Gibbon, dated either 11 or 18 September 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. 273, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25750, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Conrad was on holiday with the Percevals for three weeks in August 1909. This reading experience has been recorded because the letter and subsequent meeting revived for Conrad memories of his time in the Malay Archipelago and resulted in the dedication to Captain Marris of "'Twixt Land and Sea" (1912).
