Record Number: 28934
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In the vol entitled "Lear of the Steppes" only the first story is really worth reading. The other two ["Acia" and "Faust"] Turg[enev] wrote in French I believe first and they are not good specimens of his art.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1898 and Jan 1910
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Aldington, Nr Hythe
Kent
(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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Lear of the Steppes and Other Stories
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsHeinemann 1898, translation by Constance Garnett
Provenanceowned
sent by translator's husband
Source Information:
Record ID:28934
Source: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:141
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Michael Holland dated December 1909-January 1910, Aldington.
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. 141, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28934, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
See also record ID 26475.
