Record Number: 28908

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am better now and hasten to thank you for the more than generous sample of the "Criterion" which is really very good and did help me through some pretty bad sleepless hours of more than one night.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 18 Nov 1923 and 30 Nov 1923

Country:

England

Time

n/anight

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
location in dwelling: bedroom

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:

Title:

The Criterion

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Quarterly publication since 1922, ed. by T.S. Eliot

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28908

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

233

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Allan Wade 30 November 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. 233, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28908, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None