Record Number: 18526

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[...] you remind me a little of Flaubert, whose "Madame Bovary" I have just reread with respectful admiration.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1892 and 6 Apr 1892

Country:

Australia (then Colony of South Australia)

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Adelaide
other location: on 'Torrens' moored in Port Adelaide

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

Master mariner

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

Poland

Country of Experience:

Australia (then Colony of South Australia)

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gustave Flaubert

Title:

Madame Bovary

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published 1857 Charpentier, Paris. Edition being read not known.

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18526

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:

110

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Marguerite Poradowska dated 6 April 1892 on board the 'Torrens' moored in Port Adelaide, South Australia. .

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897, (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 110, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18526, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None