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Record Number: 26622


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thanks for the little book ["Light and Twilight"] so full of good things. You know I have a prediliction for your prose with its quiet,flowing felicity of phrase and what I call "penetrative" power of expression.' Hence follow 11 lines of praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 May 1911 and 31 Jul 1911

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House

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:

Edward Thomas

Title:

Light and Twilight

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Duckworth 1911

Provenance

owned
sent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

26622

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:

444

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Thomas, undated, possibly early summer 1911, 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. 444, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26622, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

The date range is speculative. According to fn.2, p.444 of source text many of these stories and sketches had first appeared in the 'English Review' and other periodicals, so it is likely that Conrad had already read at least some of the contents.

   
   
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