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Record 24975

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'[...]the 2 vols of my uncle's memoirs which I have by me, to refresh my recollections and settle my ideas.' [while starting to write his own memoirs].
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Sep 1908 and 7 Oct 1908
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Luton Hoo Estate
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries
location in dwelling: Study/library
   
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, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Tadeusz Bobrowski
Title: Pamietniki
Genre: Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1900 Lvov
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 24975  
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: 138
  Additional comments: Letter from Joseph Conrad to J.B.Pinker dated 7 October 1908, Someries.

Citation: Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 138, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24975, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

It is reasonable to assume that Conrad read his uncle's memoirs in Polish. See also fn. 3, p. 138 of source text.

 

 

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