| Evidence: | 'I fear I may be too much under the influence of Maupassant. I have studied "Pierre et Jean" - thought, method and all - with the profoundest despair. it seems nothing but has a technical complexity which makes me tear my hair. one feels like weeping with rage while reading it. Ah well!' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Oct 1894 and 5 Nov 1894 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: 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: | Guy de Maupassant |
| Title: | Pierre et Jean |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Paris: Ollendorf, 1888 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18584 | |
| 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: | 184 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Marguerite Poradowska, 29 October or 5 November 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. 184, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18584, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
| See comments by Yves Hervouet, 'The French Face of Joseph Conrad' Cambridge,(1990), p.13 and n. 12 p.281. |
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