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Record Number: 19398


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I've lazed-- though I must say I did look through all the stories. It was the first look and I have done no actual underlining.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 19 Jul 1902 and 4 Nov 1902

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm

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 and author

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:

Guy de Maupassant

Title:

[Stories]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

Translation by Elsie Martindale of selected stories, eventually published in 1903, as 'Stories from de Maupassant' by E.M.

Provenance

borrowed (other)
sent by author for comment


Source Information:

Record ID:

19398

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

2

Page:

450

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Elsie Hueffer (Martindale) dated 4 November, 1902, Pent Farm.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 450, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19398, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

See also letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford 19 July 1902 with advance advice for translating Maupassant. This allows the reading experience to be dated. Elsie Hueffer (nee Martindale) 1877-1949 was Ford Madox Ford's wife.

   
   
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