Record Number: 28965

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'When I was a bit older he read to me from Edward Lear's "Nonsense Songs and Stories". "Mr Yongy Bongy Bo", "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" and "The Old Man from the Kingdom of Tess", were favorites, but he enjoyed reading all of them.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1910 and 1914

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
Capel House

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
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

John Conrad, Joseph's Conrad's younger son

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Lear

Title:

Nonsense Songs and Stories

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published London: Robert John Bush, 1871, 9th edn. London: Warne, 1895 may have been the one being read

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28965

Source:

Print

Author:

John Conrad

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1981

Vol:

n/a

Page:

20

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Conrad, Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered , (Cambridge, 1981), n/a, p. 20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28965, accessed: 05 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None