Record Number: 20394

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It only remains for me to add that I am on page 24 of "Ivan the Terrible"; that is to say that I have been comforted 24 times by complete forgetfulness of my difficulties.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1904 and 28 Feb 1904

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 17 Gordon Place , West Kensington

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Kazimierz Waliszewski

Title:

Ivan le Terrible

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1904

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20394

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

n/a

Page:

118

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Kazimierz Waliszewski dated February 1904, Gordon Place, London.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 118, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20394, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Kazimierz Waliszewski (1849-1936) Franco-Polish writer and historian, published in French 16 books of history and biography mainly on Russian and Polish subjects. 'Ivan le Terrible' was translated into English by Lady Mary Lloyd (Heinemannn, 1904), but one can be certain from the context that Conrad was reading the French edition.