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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
Record ID: | 18531 | |
Source - | ||
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 |
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