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Record Number: 27676


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'These things [proofs of "The Little Man"] are much too exquisite and poignant to be really satire even if you prefer to call them by that name.' Hence follow twelve lines of praise.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 12 Mar 1915 and 10 Apr 1915

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:

John Galsworthy

Title:

The Little Man and other satires

Genre:

Fiction, Drama

Form of Text:

Print: galley proofs

Publication Details

subsequently published on 6 May 1915 by Heinemann

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

27676

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

5

Page:

466

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy 10 April 1915, Capel House.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 466, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27676, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

See also ID 27675, letter to Galsworthy on 18 May 1915, p.477 of source text, acknowledging receipt of book.

   
   
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