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Record Number: 26470


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Without any doubt Jean [Gachet de la Fournière] has talent.[...] I wrote my immediate impression right after reading the manuscript.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1910 and 27 Sep 1910

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Jean Gachet de la Fournière

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
probably sent by Madame Poradowska for Conrad's opinion.


Source Information:

Record ID:

26470

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

4

Page:

369-70

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Marguerite Poradowska, dated 27 September, 1910 Capel House.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 369-70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26470, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

A French language search reveals no trace of any published work under the name of Jean Gachet de la Fournière.

   
   
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