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Record 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, workmates)
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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18531, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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