Evidence: | ' I didn't write before because I was finishing something. That does not mean that I did not read the play ["Joy"] at once. I've read it more than once the very first day, then many times since in whole of in parts[...]'
Hence follows a page of praise with some mild negative criticism. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 19 Mar 1907 and 12 Apr 1907 | ||||||||||
Country: | France | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Montpellier county: Herault specific address: Continental et Riche Hotel, Place de la Comedie |
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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: | France |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Galsworthy |
Title: | Joy |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Print: probably a playscript |
Publication details: | London: 1909 First produced as play Sept 1907 |
Provenance: | owned sent by author |
Record ID: | 21555 | |
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: | 429 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 12 April 1907, Montpellier. |
Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 429, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21555, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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