| Evidence: | 'I've read "The Silence" once but shall keep it till tomorrow. Certain remarks I keep for a note which I will send you together with the MS. Here I will only say that I feel strongly my good fortune in being able to sympathise more and more with your work, with its spirit, feeling and fundamental conception.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 23 Feb 1901 and 6 Mar 1901 | ||||||||||
| 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: | John Galsworthy |
| Title: | The Silence |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | 1901 subsequently published in the collection "A Man of Devon" under the name of John Sinjohn |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 19371 | |
| 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: | 324 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy, dated 6th March 1901, Pent Farm. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 324, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19371, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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