Record Number: 24916
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'But "La leçon bien apprise" is really quite....And what is wrong with "Les Etrennes de Mlle. Doucine"? I don't like it most, but I think it most suitable owing to its humorous and sentimental characteristics. I recommend it strongly as perfectly fit for general reading and even seasonable [for the December issue of the "Review"]'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 31 Jul 1908 and 6 Oct 1908
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Luton Hoo Estate
county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Someries
(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 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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Les Etrennes de Mlle. Doucine, and La Leçon bien apprise see also additional comments
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsCalmann-Lévy Paris 1908, subsequently re-published in the December 1908 issue of the "Review"
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:24916
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:4
Page:131
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Ford, dated 29 September or 6 October,1908, Someries.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 131, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24916, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Conrad also refers to a story entitled "Roxanne". The three stories were to form the colection "Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche" first published on 15 June 1908 by Calmann-Lévy, Paris. These dates, and the use of the French titles suggests that these stories were read by Conrad in French rather than in translation.