Record Number: 28967

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am pretty sure that J[oseph] C[onrad] read it [the bound Christmas annual of "Boy's Own Paper"] after I had gone to bed because I found little spills of cigarette ash between the pages.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1910 and 1914

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
Capel House

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
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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Boy's Own Annual

Genre:

Children's Lit, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Weekly periodical published as an annual each year

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28967

Source:

Print

Author:

John Conrad

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1981

Vol:

n/a

Page:

32

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Conrad, Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered , (Cambridge, 1981), p. 32, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28967, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None