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Record Number: 18531


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I finished the book [Le Mariage du fils Grandsire] a while ago; then I went over several passages while waiting the chance to reread it entirely.' [here follows Conrad's appreciative and detailed comments on the novel, which is set in Lille in the years leading up to the Franco-Prussian war and tells of Michel Grandsire who marries against the wishes of his family, his wife deserts him, he joins the army; gravely wounded he is nursed by his childhood sweetheart (from ed.footnote p.146 in source text)

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 20 Jan 1894 and 1 Feb 1894

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: probably 17 Gillingham St SW

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Marguerite Poradowska

Title:

Le Mariage du fils Grandsire

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1894 Paris Hachette

Provenance

owned
probably sent as gift from author


Source Information:

Record ID:

18531

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:

147

Additional Comments:

Letter in French to Marguerite Poradowska dated dated 2 February 1894 from 17 Gillingham Street London.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 147, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18531, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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