| Evidence: | ''I reread "Yaga" only the other day. It gave me intense pleasure. I read slowly and mingled my dreams with these pages that I love so well.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 2 Jun 1894 and 16 May 1894 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: probably 17 Gillingham St SW |
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| 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 |
| Author: | Marguerite Poradowska |
| Title: | Yaga: esquisse de moeurs ruthenes |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Serial / periodical, not clear whether this was being read in the book version or that published in the Revue des Deux Monde |
| Publication details: | Revue des Deux Mondes, 1st and 15th August 1887 and in 1888 by Ollendorf in Paris |
| Provenance: | owned probably sent as gift from author |
| Record ID: | 18532 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 156 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter in French to Marguerite Poradowska dated 17 May 1894 from London probably 17 Gillingham Street SW |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 156, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18532, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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