| Evidence: | 'He admired Edward Lear and would spend whole evenings reading "The Nonsense Songs and Stories" and he was also very fond of the Lewis Carroll books. The verses in these seemed to have a particular attraction for him and he would read them through aloud several times.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1910 and 1914 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House location in dwelling: probably drawing room |
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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) |
Younger son John and possibly other family members |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Lewis Carroll [pseud.] |
| Title: | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland AND Through the Looking Glass |
| Genre: | Fiction, Poetry, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Macmillan 1865 and 1871 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 28970 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Conrad | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1981 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 84 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | John Conrad, Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered (Cambridge, 1981), p. 84, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28970, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
| The source text (p.84) suggests that these experiences took place in the drawing room at Capel House. See also record ID 28965 for reading of Edward Lear. |
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