Record Number: 29033

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'He was reading at the time Daudet's "Jack", which immensely fascinated him, though he found it "trop chargé" — as who should say, too harrowing.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 4 Dec 1893 and 7 Jan 1894

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Rouen
county: Seine-Maritime
S.S.Adowa in Rouen harbour
other location: in his cabin

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:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alphonse Daudet

Title:

Jack

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

E. Dentu, 1876.

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29033

Source:

Print

Author:

Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1924

Vol:

n/a

Page:

107

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer), Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance, (London, 1924), p. 107, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29033, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

See also Hervouet 'The French Face of Joseph Conrad' (CUP,1990) pp. 237-238 for a summary of Conrad's readings of Daudet's works, and Conrad's essay 'Alphonse Daudet-1898' in 'Notes on Life and Letters' (Dent,1921) pp.13-16, in which familiarity with Daudet's works is clearly implied.