Record Number: 33627

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My humble apology for not thanking you before for the volume of verses. I share your opinion of Maupassant.The man is a great artist who sees the essential in everything. He is not a great poet,—perhaps no poet at all, yet I like his verses, I like them immensely'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 4 Dec 1898 and 4 Jan 1899

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford 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 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:

Guy de Maupassant

Title:

Des Vers

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Paris: Charpentier, 1880.

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33627

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:

150

Additional Comments:

Letter to the Hon. Mrs A. E. Bontine, 12 January 1899.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 150, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33627, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None