Record Number: 18529
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Yesterday evening I escaped from the ship for the pilgrimage to the station. I have my parcel No.4000 and something. Just imagine a work of art called parcel No.4000, etc,etc,etc [...] It was late. I have read only the first chapter. I cannot judge even if I dared. But from the first pages I am in the presence of your charming originality. It is really you! I do not have time to read the book at one sitting but I will really savour it.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:6 Jan 1894
Country:France
Timeevening
night
city: Rouen
other location: probably on board the 'Adowa' moored in the port of Rouen.
(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
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Le Mariage du fils Grandsire
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1894 Paris Hachette
Provenanceowned
probably sent as gift from author
Source Information:
Record ID:18529
Source: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:143
Additional Comments:
Letter in French to Marguerite Poradowska dated dated 3 January 1894 from Rouen, where Conrad was waiting orders, which never came, to sail to Canada.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897, (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 143, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18529, accessed: 13 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
