Record Number: 19398
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I've lazed-- though I must say I did look through all the stories. It was the first look and I have done no actual underlining.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 19 Jul 1902 and 4 Nov 1902
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
(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 and author
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Stories]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication DetailsTranslation by Elsie Hueffer (née Martindale) of selected stories, eventually published in 1903, as 'Stories from de Maupassant' by E.M.
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:19398
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:2
Page:450
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Elsie Hueffer (née Martindale) dated 4 November, 1902, Pent Farm.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 450, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19398, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
See also letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford 19 July 1902 (CL2:435-6) with preemptive advice for Elsie about how to translate Maupassant.
