Record Number: 18586
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The Scottish dailies have begun to review my "FollY" ["Almayer's Folly"]. brief,journalistic, but full pf praise! Above all, the "Scotsman", the major Edinburgh paper, is almost enthusiastic. The "Glasgow Herald" speaks with a more restrained benevolence.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 May 1895 and 1 May 1895
Country:Switzerland
Timen/a
Place:city: Geneva
specific address: 'La Roseraie'. Champel les Bains
(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:Switzerland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:newspapers
Genre:Essays / Criticism, book reviews in newspapers
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailspresumed late April 1895
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18586
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:214
Additional Comments:
Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Marguerite Poradowska, 2 May 1895 from Switzerland.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 214, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18586, accessed: 29 March 2024
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