Evidence: | 'And the merit of the book ["Jocelyn"], (apart from distinguished literary expression) is just in this: You have given the exact measure of your characters in a language of great felicity,with measure,with poetical appropriateness to characters tragic indeed but within the bounds of their nature. That's what makes the book valuable apart from its many qualities as a piece of lirerary work.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1898 and 16 Jan 1898 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Stanford-le-Hope county: Essex specific address: Ivy Walls Farm |
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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: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Galsworthy |
Title: | Jocelyn |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | subsequently published 1898 Duckworth as John Sinjohn |
Provenance: | borrowed (private library) MS sent by author to Conrad prior to submission to and subsequent rejection by Fisher Unwin |
Record ID: | 18751 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 22 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy, 16 January 1898, Stanford-le Hope. |
Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 22, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18751, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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