Record Number: 18532
Reading Experience:
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.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 2 Jun 1894 and 16 May 1894
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: probably 17 Gillingham St SW
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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: 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 DetailsRevue des Deux Mondes, 1st and 15th August 1887 and in 1888 by Ollendorf in Paris
Provenanceowned
probably sent as gift from author
Source Information:
Record ID:18532
Source: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/RED/record_details.php?id=18532, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
