Record Number: 18592

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have read "The First Fleet Family" with interest tempered by disappointment.' Thereafter follow two pages of largely negative criticism.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 9 Aug 1896 and 22 Aug 1896

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Ile Grande, near Lannion
county: Cotes du Nord

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:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Lewis (Louis) Becke (and Walter Jeffrey)

Title:

A First Fleet Family

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1896 Fisher Unwin

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18592

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:

302

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to T.Fisher Unwin, 22 August, France

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897, (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 302, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18592, accessed: 26 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

Louis Becke (1855-1913) was an Australian novelist and short story writer who wrote extensively on the South Pacific.