Record Number: 28933
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I simply had to tell you having been impressed by seeing for the first time in my life a work of imagination acting upon an average sensibility with the personal, mysterious and irresistable power of oratory[...]. I will keep the MS until tomorrow.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 May 1908 and 31 May 1908
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Luton Hoo Estate
Bedfordshire
Someries
(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:Strife
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication DetailsSubsequently published by Duckworth 1909 as Plays Vol 1 (The Silver Box, Joy and Strife)
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28933
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2007
Vol:9
Page:128
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy May 1908, Someries.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923 (Cambridge, 2007), 9, p. 128, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28933, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range is approximate only.
