Record Number: 28979
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[...] two or three times a week after dinner we got out the chessmen and board and spent a couple of hours playing through the games in Capablanca's book. We played every game in the book, J[oseph] C[onrad] reading the moves, stopping where Capablanca had made a comment, so we could write down our own observations.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1919 and 1924
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
drawing room or study
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive 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
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
John Conrad
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:My Chess Career or Chess Fundamentals
Genre:Sport / Leisure
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1920 and 1921 G.Bell
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:28979
Source:John Conrad
Editor:n/a
Title:Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1981
Vol:n/a
Page:164
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
John Conrad, Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered , (Cambridge, 1981), p. 164, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28979, accessed: 17 May 2024
Additional Comments:
These observations, which form part of John Conrad's memories during his adolescence at Oswalds, are included as part of the broader evidence for Conrad's reading experiences/habits. It is not clear which of two likely texts published at by Capablanca this time was being used.
