Record Number: 29005
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of books always met with my approval; I believe he must have read them all during his youth and enjoyed re-reading them almost as much as I enjoyed listening. Among them were Charles Kingsley's "Greek Heroes", Fennimore [sic] Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans", "[The] Deerslayer", "The Pathfinder" and Captain Marryat's "Peter Simple", "[Mr] Midshipman Easy",etc.[...] Some of these volumes [...] are still on my bookshelves here with his signature inside the cover.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 23 May 1907 and 19 Aug 1907
Country:Switzerland
Timen/a
Place:city: Champel-les-Bains
specific address: Hôtel-Pension de la Roseraie
location in dwelling: probably child's bedroom
(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:Switzerland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Borys Conrad
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Mr Midshipman Easy
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published 1836
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29005
Source:Borys Conrad
Editor:n/a
Title:My Father: Joseph Conrad
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:n/a
Page:54
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Borys Conrad, My Father: Joseph Conrad, (London, 1970), p. 54, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29005, accessed: 10 November 2024
Additional Comments:
This experience can be dated to the period during which Borys Conrad was recovering from whooping cough and rheumatic fever.