Record Number: 28813

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At the beginning I must say that I have not read the tales ["Tales of a Cruel Country"] through as yet'.

[Conrad then makes several comments indicating that he has at least read some of them.]

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1919 and 20 Nov 1919

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds

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:

Gerald Cumberland (pseud.)

Title:

Tales of a Cruel Country

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Grant Richards 1919. Author's real name was Charles Frederick Kenyon.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28813

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

6

Page:

529

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to 'Gerald Cumberland' dated 20 November 1919, Oswalds.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 529, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28813, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None