| Evidence: | 'Thank you for the magazines and books. I haven't yet dipped into the novel. I am very touched by the favourable response of the critics to the translation [of "A Set of Six"]. The article in "Robotnik" is very good and has greatly pleased me.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1924 and 16 Mar 1924 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bishopsbourne county: Kent specific address: Oswalds |
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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: | |
| Title: | Robotnik (The Worker) |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | (Daily of Polish Socialist Party) |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 28921 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 2008 | |
| Vol: | 8 | |
| Page: | 328 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter in Polish from Joseph Conrad to Aniela Zagorska 16 March 1924, Oswalds. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924 (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 328, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28921, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| This non-specific evidence of reading is submitted to demonstrate Conrad's ongoing engagement with contemporary Polish criticism, including of his own work. Towards the end of his life he read and commented on many reviews of his own works, in three languages, though very few of these have been submitted as entries |
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