Record Number: 18527

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I threw myself (in a manner of speaking) on "Popes et popadias" with eagerness and high hopes. From the first lines my hopes were realised - and then very quickly surpassed. It is a marvel of observation, which gives the liveliest pleasure as such, not to mention the style,which I do not dare judge- but let me say it charmed me. You are very good at description. Beginning with the ferry crossing under a threatening sky, I read the entire series of scenes which make up your charming tale with avidity. It takes a small scale narrative (short story) to show the master's hand.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 15 Nov 1892 and 3 Feb 1893

Country:

Australia (in the then Colony of South Australia)

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Adelaide
on 'Torrens' moored in Port Adelaide

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

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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:

Australia (in the then Colony of South Australia)

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Marguerite Poradowska

Title:

Popes et popadias (published in book form as Les Filles du Pope)

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

15 November and 1st December 1892 Revue des Deux Mondes.

Provenance

owned
sent as gift from author.

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18527

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 3 February 1893 on board the 'Torrens' in Port Adelaide.

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/RED/record_details.php?id=18527, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

It is inferred that Conrad was reading the serialised version of this novella in February 1893, since the book form even if published in January would not have reached him in Australia by then. The work was published in book form in book form by Hachette 1893.