Record Number: 18528

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am charmed with "Joujou". It is altogether and delightfully shocking. Where the devil did you find it? Pardon the nautical language.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 29 Jul 1893 and 26 Nov 1893

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Marguerite Poradowska

Title:

Joujou

Genre:

Fiction, short story

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

29 July 1893 in Le Figaro (supplement litteraire)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18528

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

1

Page:

124

Additional Comments:

Letter in French to Marguerite Poradowska dated 26 November 1893 from the office of Barr, Moering and Company, shipping agents, in London. Conrad uses the English word "shocking" in the original French version of the letter .

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897, (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 124, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18528, accessed: 13 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None