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Record Number: 28879


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I wonder what you think of my long silence after the receipt of your play ["A Tale of Young Lovers", late May]? I was just fiinishng a novel and putting off looking at the play deliberately. [...] Let me at once congratulate you affectionately on the charm and skill and beauty that is in your work.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 27 Jun 1922 and 19 Jul 1922

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:

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:

Cecil Roberts

Title:

A Tale of Young Lovers: A Tragedy in Four Acts

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book, playscript

Publication Details

Heinemann 1922

Provenance

owned
sent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

28879

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:

492

Additional Comments:

Letetr from Joseph Conrad to Cecil Roberts, dated 19 July 1922, 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. 492, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28879, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

The letter to Eric Pinker of 27 June 1922 (p.482 of source text) indicating completion of the text of "The Rover" allows attribution of a precise date range for this reading experience.

   
   
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