Record Number: 33625

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thanks for Cyrano. I haven't read it yet but will do so before the sun rises again.' [A week later Conrad wrote: 'Je ne suis bon qu'à lire Cyrano and such like coglionerie']

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 19 Jul 1898 and 27 Aug 1898

Country:

England

Time

n/anight

Place:

city: Stanford-le Hope
county: Essex
specific address: Ivy Walls Farm

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 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:

Edmond Rostand

Title:

Cyrano de Bergerac

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1897 (French version); 1898 (English version).

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33625

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

2

Page:

79 and 89

Additional Comments:

Letters from Conrad to R. B. Cunninghame Graham, 19 July and 27 August 1898.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 79 and 89, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33625, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None