| Evidence: | 'When I was a bit older he read to me from Edward Lear's "Nonsense Songs and Stories". "Mr Yongy Bongy Bo", "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" and "The Old Man from the Kingdom of Tess", were favorites, but he enjoyed reading all of them.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1910 and 1914 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | Orlestone nr. Ashford Kent Capel House |
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| Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Dec 1857 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry Gentry 'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility |
| Occupation: | Master mariner and author |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| Country of origin: | Poland |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
John Conrad, Joseph's Conrad's younger son |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Lear |
| Title: | Nonsense Songs and Stories |
| Genre: | Fiction, Poetry, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | first published London: Robert John Bush, 1871, 9th edn. London: Warne, 1895 may have been the one being read |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 28965 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Conrad | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1981 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 20 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | John Conrad, Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered (Cambridge, 1981), n/a, p. 20, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28965, accessed: 29 March 2023 | |
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