Record Number: 28826

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Pray forgive me keeping your article on Mérimée so long. I read it as soon as it arrived — and then re-read it yesterday. It is one of the best pieces by you I've read, though your work never fails to delight.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 31 Aug 1920 and 18 Sep 1920

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Deal
county: Kent
specific address: South Eastern Hotel

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:

unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gérard Jean-Aubry

Title:

Mérimée

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

subsequently published in La Revue de Genève, 4 (October 1920)

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28826

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Laurence Davies and J. H. Stape

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2005

Vol:

7

Page:

178

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Jean Aubry 18 September 1920, Deal

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J. H. Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922, (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 178, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28826, accessed: 14 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None