Record Number: 26474
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I wouldn't throw a doubt on his [Edward Garnett's] judgement but I understand he has been lately crying up [through his review in "The Nation" ] two books of which one (a sea book) is the most suburban thing (I mean spiritually) I've ever read. The other is a South American novel both portly and strangely disorderly--if I may express it so. But I had better say nothing more since I have written once a sea book and also a portly S.American novel.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1910 and 27 Oct 1910
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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 Shadow of a Titan
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsDuckworth 1910
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26474
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:380
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 27 October, 1910 Capel House.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 380, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26474, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
See fn.7 p.380 of source text. See also record 26468 for the first reference to reading 'The Brassbounder'.
