| Evidence: | 'I'll show you where I got the hint for it [his story "The Warriors' Soul"] in Philippe de Ségur. There's a hint for another in him but I fancy too macabre (and improper) to use.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
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| Country: | England or France | ||||||||||
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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 or France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Philippe-Paule Ségur (Comte de) |
| Title: | Un Aide de Camp de Napoléon (de 1800 à 1812 |
| Genre: | History, Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | first published 1895 Paris: Firmin-Didot and it was immediately translated into English. Another French edition appeared in 1910. |
| Provenance: | unknown see additional comments |
| Record ID: | 27767 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 2002 | |
| Vol: | 6 | |
| Page: | 65 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Sidney Colvin dated 2 April 1917, Capel House. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27767, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| As it was in 1907 that Conrad was researching a book on Napoleon, the text he first read may have been the 1895 edition, in the public library in Montpellier. The context however suggests that he now owned a copy of the text. See also ID 21547 |
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