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Record 18528

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I am charmed with "Joujou". It is altogether and delightfully shocking. Where the devil did you find it? Pardon the nautical language.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 29 Jul 1893 and 26 Nov 1893
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
   
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

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
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Marguerite Poradowska
Title: Joujou
Genre: Fiction, short story
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: 29 July 1893 in Le Figaro (supplement litteraire)
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 18528  
Source - Print  
  Author: 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: 124
  Additional comments: Letter in French to Marguerite Poradowska dated 26 November 1893 from Barr, Moering and Co shipping agent's offices in London. Conrad uses the English word "shocking" in the original French.

Citation: Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 124, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18528, accessed: 29 March 2024

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