Record Number: 33619

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Polishness which I took from Mickiewicz and Slowacki. My father read "Pan Tadeusz" aloud to me and made me read it aloud. Not just once or twice. I used to prefer "Konrad Wallenrod", "Grazyna". Later I liked Slowacki better.You know why Slowacki? Il est l'âme de toute la Pologne, lui.' [Interview in Polish (and French) original text not easily available.]

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1862 and 31 Feb 1869

Country:

Poland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

Child

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

Poland

Country of Experience:

Poland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Adam Mickiewicz

Title:

Grazyna

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33619

Source:

Print

Author:

Marian Dabrowski

Editor:

Zdzislaw Najder

Title:

Conrad: Under Familial Eyes

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

n/a

Page:

199

Additional Comments:

Interview first published in "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" (Warsaw, 1917)

Citation:

Marian Dabrowski, Zdzislaw Najder (ed.), Conrad: Under Familial Eyes, (Cambridge, 1983), p. 199, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33619, accessed: 06 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None