Record Number: 29029
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'From that time for ten years Conrad followed the sea. The deep sea, reading all sorts of books. Once an officer with quarters of his own he resumed his reading of French along with the English popular works. He read with the greatest veneration Flaubert and Maupassant; with less, Daudet and Gautier; with much less, Pierre Loti. Tormented with the curiosity of words, even at sea, on the margins of the French books he made notes for the translation of phrases. The writer has seen several of these old books of Conrad, notably an annotated copy of "Pêcheur d'Islande" — and of course the copy of "Madame Bovary" upon the endpapers and margins of which "Almayer's Folly" was begun.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1886 and 1893
Country:at sea
Timen/a
Place:other location: ship's cabin
Type of Experience(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
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:at sea
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pêcheur d'Islande
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsCalmann-Lévy, 1886
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29029
Source:Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer)
Editor:n/a
Title:Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1924
Vol:n/a
Page:94
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer), Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance, (London, 1924), p. 94, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29029, accessed: 05 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None
