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Record Number: 28843


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Yesterday I read the first inst[alment] of "To Let" in a spirit of philistinish curiosity.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Jan 1921

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

Master mariner and author

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

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:

To Let

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

serialised in Scribner's Magazine January to September 1921

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

28843

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2005

Vol:

7

Page:

243

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy, 17 January 1921, Oswalds

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922 (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 243, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28843, accessed: 16 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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