Record Number: 33616
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'With his first wages Conrad bought a volume of Shakespeare, and at sea he also read Mill's "Principles of Political Economy".'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1880 and 31 Dec 1881
Country:At sea
Timen/a
Place:other location: On board ship
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility
Master mariner and author
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:At sea
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Complete Works
Genre:Drama, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Macmillan Globe edition
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33616
Source:R.L. Mégroz,
Editor:n/a
Title:A Talk with Joseph Conrad and a Criticism of His Mind and Method
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1926
Vol:n/a
Page:101
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
R.L. Mégroz,, A Talk with Joseph Conrad and a Criticism of His Mind and Method, (London, 1926), p. 101, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33616, accessed: 27 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range speculative, Probably first red in English on his early long voyages across the Atlantic and Indian oceans. There are several references to this particular volume in Conrad's 'Youth' and also in 'Lord Jim' and the bibliographic descriptions fits with the Macmillan Globe edition. See also Mégroz (1931) p. 40 when Conrad said he had read all of Shakespeare by 1880 and again the following year, which if the dates are correct means his voyages in the 'Duke of Sutherland'the 'Loch Etive' and the 'Palestine'.
