Record Number: 18520
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I also gratefully acknowledge receipt of the "Daily Telegraph." The Liberal gov was defeated on the budget vote a day or so [9 June 1885] before our departure from Penarth; as soon as we arrived here I looked anxiously t[h]rough the papers expecting great things.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 22 Sep 1885 and 13 Oct 1885
Country:(British Crown Colony of) Singapore
Timen/a
Place:city: Singapore
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Mariner (First Mate) Masters certificate obtained 1886)
Religion:originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:(British Crown Colony of) Singapore
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:newspaper (Daily Telegraph)
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details1885
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18520
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:1
Page:12
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad (signed as` 'Conrad N. Korzeniowski') to Spiridion Kliszczewski, Polish emigrant and Cardiff watchmaker, dated 13th October 1885, Singapore. According to eds. of source material (p lxiv) this may be the first letter Conrad wrote in English.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 12, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18520, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
