Record Number: 19404
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You have promised me to read these stories and I would recommend you to begin with "The Last of the Mohicans"-- then go on with "Deerslayer" and end with the "Prairie". I read them at your age in that order;[..] Thirty four years ago is a long long time to look back upon.' Hence follows further comments about the language and content.
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1867 and 31 Dec 1868
Country:Poland or Ukraine
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Child
Religion:Polish Catholic
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:Poland or Ukraine
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Prairie
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1827
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19404
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:2
Page:467
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to David Garnett (b.1892) son of Edward and Constance Garnett, dated 22 December, 1902, Pent Farm.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 467, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19404, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
