| Evidence: | 'Thanks ever so much for "The Invisible Man". I shall keep him a few more days longer.
Frankly--it is uncommonly fine.[Hence follows a long paragraph of appreciative comment comparing it favorably with "The War of the Worlds".] The letter ends with 'In reading this last ["The Invisible Man"], one is touched by the anguish of it, as by something that may one day happen to oneself.It is a great triumph for you' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 4 Dec 1898 and 31 Dec 1898 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Stanford near Hythe county: Kent specific address: Pent 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: | H.(Herbert) G. (George) Wells |
| Title: | The Invisible Man |
| Genre: | Fiction, Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | C. Arthur Pearson 1897 |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) sent on loan by author. |
| Record ID: | 18878 | |
| 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: | 126-127 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to H.G.Wells 4th December 1898, Pent Farm, Kent |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 126-127, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18878, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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