Record Number: 28863
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I want to thank you at once for the book you have been good enough to send me.It is of course of the greatest interest and secures my personal sympathy by the kindly attitude of the author towards the people he treats, [i.e. Polish immigrants in U.S.] of and by the poignancy of the action.'
[Hence follows alomost a page of constructive criticism.]
1900-1945
Date:Between Jun 1921 and 25 Oct 1921
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
(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:Stash of the Marsh County
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsNew York: G. H. Doran, 1921
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28863
Source: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:360-1
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Harold Waldo 25 October 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. 360-1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28863, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
See fn. 1 and 2 p.360 of source text.
