Record Number: 33499
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mr Joseph Conrad, the author, writes: I don’t remember any child’s book. I don’t think I ever read any; the first book I remember distinctly is Hugo’s "Travailleurs de la Mer" which I read at the age of seven. But within the last two years I’ve participated in my son’s (age 5) course of reading, and I share his tastes – in prose, Grimm and Andersen; in verse, Lear.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1902 and 3 Jan 1903
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Postling near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
(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
'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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unspecified
Genre:Poetry, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33499
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:n/a
Title:The Books of my Childhood 1X in T.P.'s Weekly
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:9th January 1903
Vol:n/a
Page:271
Additional Comments:
see also http://www.conradfirst.net/view/image?id=27790 for source of this evidence of reading
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, The Books of my Childhood 1X in T.P.'s Weekly, (London, 9th January 1903), p. 271, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33499, accessed: 05 October 2024
Additional Comments:
See also ID 28965 for Conrad's younger son John's memory of Conrad reading Lear's poems to him.
