Record Number: 33501

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mr Joseph Conrad, the author, writes: I don’t remember any child’s book. I don’t think I ever read any; the first book I remember distinctly is Hugo’s "Travailleurs de la Mer" which I read at the age of seven. But within the last two years I’ve participated in my son’s (age 5) course of reading, and I share his tastes – in prose, Grimm and Andersen; in verse, Lear.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1902 and 3 Jan 1903

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Postling near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive 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 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:

Hans Christian Andersen

Title:

Tales (unspecified collection)

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33501

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Books of my Childhood 1X in T.P;'s Weekly

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

9th January 1903

Vol:

n/a

Page:

271

Additional Comments:

see also http://www.conradfirst.net/view/image?id=27790 for source of this evidence of reading

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, The Books of my Childhood 1X in T.P;'s Weekly, (London, 9th January 1903), p. 271, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33501, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None