Record Number: 20277

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The book ("Maison du Peché") has arrived and is now half read. Without going further my verdict is that it is good , but is not "fort".' Thence follows five lines of moderately negative criticism.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 9 May 1903 and 21 May 1903

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:

Marcelle Tinayre

Title:

La Maison du Peché

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1900

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20277

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

3

Page:

35

Additional Comments:

Letter to R.B.Cunninghame Graham dated 21st May 1903, Pent Farm.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907, (Cambridge, 1988), 3, p. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20277, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Marcelle Tinayre, (1870-1948), was a prolific French author (over 30 novels).