| Evidence: | 'You have given me a very invidious task.[...]. Well I have read all your copy. And the result of all my extreme fastidiousness is enclosed in the envelope. But my dear who am I to pick and choose in the stuff of a a man who can write, always has something to say and never fails on one side or the other to secure my sympathy.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1912 and 30 Mar 1912 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House |
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| Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Dec 1857 |
| Socio-economic group: | n/a |
| 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: | Stephen Reynolds |
| Title: | How 'Twas: Short Stories and Small Travels. |
| Genre: | Fiction, Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | subsequently published by Macmillan in June 1912 |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 27567 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | 5 | |
| Page: | 34 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Stephen Reynolds dated March 1912, Capel House, on being asked by Reynolds to help him select some short stories and other pieces for publication that year. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 34, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27567, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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