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Record Number: 33611


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'You may as well say, which is a truth, that I do read bi[o]graphy and memoirs. History has a fascination for me. Naval, military, political'. [The following was deleted by Conrad in proof]. 'For instance, favorite books of his are Wallace's "Malay Archipelago," Darwin's "Voyage of a Naturalist," Whymper's "High Andes", the sea yarns of Cooper and Marryat and the novels of Dickens.'

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles Darwin

Title:

The Voyage of the Beagle

Genre:

Geography / Travel, Science, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

33611

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies and J.H. Stape

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad vol.7 1920-1922

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2005

Vol:

7

Page:

447

Additional Comments:

Letter from Conrad to Richard Curle, 5 April 1922, about proofs of Curle's proposed article 'Conrad at Home' for the Daily Mail, 7 April 1922.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J.H. Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad vol.7 1920-1922, (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 447, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33611, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Curle’s use of the title “A Naturalist’s Voyage” suggests that Conrad owned an early edition such that of 1879 which uses this title, rather than 'The Voyage of the "Beagle"'.

   
   
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