Record Number: 28891

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Many thanks for your Laforgue. Your introduction couldn't be more interesting as regards both matter and tone. It is very very well done. Your author's text is odd [curieux]. Its charm is felt through the facts.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 27 Oct 1922 and 20 Dec 1922

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds

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:

n/a

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:

Jules Laforgue

Title:

n/a

Genre:

uncertain whether poetry or geography/history, see additional comment.

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1922

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28891

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:

626

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Jean-Aubry 20 December 1922, Oswalds

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J. H. Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7, 1920-1922, (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 626, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28891, accessed: 10 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Two texts by Laforgue, "Berlin: La Cour et la ville" and "Poèsies complètes" were published in 1922. While Hervouet (1990) claims that the letter referred to Laforgue's poetry (p.248), the use of the word 'facts', 'faits' in the original, would equally well suggest the book on Berlin.