Record Number: 28898
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I liked "Engineer" very very much indeed! The idea, the execution, the style.[...] Shall I return the MS to you?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 7 Apr 1923 and 9 Sep 1923
Country:England or United States of America
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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 or United States of America
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:R.H., Inzynier
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailssubsquently published Lwow: 1923
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28898
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2008
Vol:8
Page:172
Additional Comments:
Letter in Polish, from Joseph Conrad to Bruno Winawer dated 9 September 1923, Oswalds
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924 (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 172, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28898, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Conrad had asked Winawer for a copy of this play to read while on his American trip. See letter 6 April 1923 p.73 of source text. It is unclear when it arrived or where the reading expereince took place.