Record Number: 33522

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My first English reading was the "Standard" newspaper, and my first acquaintance by the ear with it was in the speech of fishermen, shipwrights and sailors of the East Coast.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 10 Jun 1878 and 31 Dec 1878

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Lowestoft
county: Suffolk

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:

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:

Standard

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

London

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33522

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad vol.4 1908-1911

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

4

Page:

409

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to the Abbé Joseph de Smet, 23 January 1911, probably in French but original not available.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad vol.4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 409, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33522, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Conrad seems to have remained a habitual (possibly nostalgic) reader of this London daily until at least 1909.