Record Number: 29397

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'"This is my beloved Prus," Konrad [sic] pointed at a volume of "Emancypantski". I can read it over and over again." When I laid my hand on "Kazimierz Wielki", he said,
"Not this one, though."
"Why not?"
"It weighs me down. It's hard to pick oneself up afterwards," he added.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Bishopsbourne
Kent
Oswalds

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' Polish landed gentry

Occupation:

master mariner and author

Religion:

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:

Stanisław Wyspiański

Title:

Kazimierz Wielki

Genre:

History, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Odbito w Drukarni, Uniw. Jag. nakładem autora, 1901

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29397

Source:

Print

Author:

Karola Zagorska

Editor:

Zdzislaw Najder trans. Halina Carroll-Najder

Title:

Under the Roof of Konrad Korzeniowski (repr. in Conrad Under Familial Eyes)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1983 (1932)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

235

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Karola Zagorska, Zdzislaw Najder trans. Halina Carroll-Najder (ed.), Under the Roof of Konrad Korzeniowski (repr. in Conrad Under Familial Eyes) , (Cambridge, 1983 (1932)), p. 235, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29397, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None