Evidence: | 'Strangely enough--about five months ago--when turning over the last page of the "Wonderful Visit" in the full impresion of the suggestive charm and full realism of that book, I remember reflecting--with contemptible bitterness--that a mind which could conceive and execute such a work was utterly beyond my reach.[...] I have only read the "Time Machine" the "Wonderful Visit" the "Bacillus" volume of short stories--and I am informed to day that "Dr Moreau " is just now on his way to my island. I expect to have the delight of his acquaintance tomorrow. Your book[s?] [presumably "Wonderful Visit" or all three texts mentioned as read] lay hold of me with a grasp that can be felt. I am held by the charm of their expression and of their meaning.'
Thereafter follows several more lines of effusive commentary. |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1895 and 25 May 1896 | ||||||||||
Country: | Unknown | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | Unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | H.(Herbert) G. (George) Wells |
Title: | The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Methuen 1895 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 18590 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 282 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G.Wells 25 May 1896, Brittany. |
Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 282, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18590, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
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