Evidence: | 'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for light reading, de Maupassant, Flaubert, Galsworthy, Cunninghame Graham, various periodicals, and a book, which has always been a mystery to me, "Out of the Hurly Burly" by Max Adler. In the window stood an arm chair of cherry wood, lacquered black, on which my father often sat to read for half an hour or so before "turning in".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening night |
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Place: | city: Bishopsbourne county: Kent specific address: Oswalds location in dwelling: Bedroom |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 3 Dec 1857 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry Gentry 'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility |
Occupation: | Master mariner and author |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
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: | Max Adeler pseud. i.e Charles Heber Clark |
Title: | Out of the Hurly Burly: or Life in an Odd Corner |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London: Ward, Lock, 1881 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 28973 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | John Conrad | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1981 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 149 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | John Conrad, Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered (Cambridge, 1981), n/a, p. 149, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28973, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
These observations, which form part of John Conrad's memories during his adolescence at Oswalds, are included as part of the broader evidence for Conrad's reading experiences/habits. |
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