Record Number: 18584
Reading Experience:
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!'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Oct 1894 and 5 Nov 1894
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: 17 Gillingham St SW1
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility
Master mariner
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pierre et Jean
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsParis: Ollendorf, 1888
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18584
Source: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://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18584, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
See comments by Yves Hervouet, 'The French Face of Joseph Conrad' Cambridge,(1990), p.13 and n. 12 p.281.
