Reading Experience Database Display Record

Record 18583

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just reread "Le fils Grandsire", opening the book at random, and continuing at random, I have read every single word. with an odd and entirely sentimental fondness,I truly love this book. On every page I find you at your most lovable.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 10 Oct 1894 and 23 Oct 1894

Country:

England

Time:

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 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:	Paris: Hachette, 1894
Provenance:	owned

Source Information:

Record ID:	18583
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:	182
	Additional comments:	Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Marguerite Poradowska, 23 October 1894, 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. 182, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18583, accessed: 18 April 2024

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