| Evidence: | 'From one point of view I've nothing but admiration for the ending of "Shadows" ["Fraternity"].Its naturalness is appalling. Of course it can be attacked but its quality comes out in the fact that the objections fade away as soon as one tries to formulate them to oneself. I will not touch on the [a]ethestic value of these last pages.That cannot be questioned.'
Hence follow four pages of constructive criticism. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 23 Aug 1908 and 2 Sep 1908 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Luton Hoo Estate county: Bedfordshire specific address: Someries |
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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: | Fraternity |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Sheet |
| Publication details: | subsequently published by Heinemann 1909 |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 24896 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1990 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 114-119 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy dated 2-3 September, Someries. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 114-119, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24896, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| This is one in a series of letters (not all entered into the database) from Conrad to Galsworthy in 1908 about chapters of this work in progress. See also for example letters of 4 September (p.119-121 of source text), 19 September p. 127 of source text, and several others. |
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