| Evidence: | 'I simply had to tell you having been impressed by seeing for the first time in my life a work of imagination acting upon an average sensibility with the personal, mysterious and irresistable power of oratory[...]. I will keep the MS until tomorrow.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 May 1908 and 31 May 1908 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | Luton Hoo Estate Bedfordshire 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: | Strife |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | Subsequently published by Duckworth 1909 as Plays Vol 1 (The Silver Box, Joy and Strife) |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 28933 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 2007 | |
| Vol: | 9 | |
| Page: | 128 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to John Galsworthy May 1908, Someries. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene Moore and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 9, Uncollected Letters 1892-1923 (Cambridge, 2007), 9, p. 128, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28933, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Date range is approximate only. |
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