| Evidence: | 'He [Edward Garnett] gave me his father's book for you. He handed it to me because I wanted to look at some new stories in the vol:[...]I send it on now. E.G. thinks that the intelligence and irony of the book may appeal to H.G. I think so too.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1903 and 11 Jul 1903 | ||||||||||
| 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: | Richard` Garnett |
| Title: | The Twilight of the Gods and Other tales |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | London: T.Fisher Unwin, first publ.1888 new augmented edn London anmd New York: J.Lane, 1903 |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) passed on by author's son to Conrad, for attention of H.G.Wells |
| Record ID: | 20358 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 43 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter to H.G.Wells dated Saturday 4th or 11th July? 1903, Pent Farm. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20358, accessed: 08 December 2023 | |
| See also fn.3, p.43 of source text. Richard Garnett (1835-1906) was the father of Edward Garnett, was formerly Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, and wrote numerous scholarly papers and books as well as this collection of short stories. Internal evidence in the letter implies that Conrad was referring to the new 1903 edition. |
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