Record Number: 18527
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I threw myself (in a manner of speaking) on "Popes et popadias" with eagerness and high hopes. From the first lines my hopes were realised - and then very quickly surpassed. It is a marvel of observation, which gives the liveliest pleasure as such, not to mention the style,which I do not dare judge- but let me say it charmed me. You are very good at description. Beginning with the ferry crossing under a threatening sky, I read the entire series of scenes which make up your charming tale with avidity. It takes a small scale narrative (short story) to show the master's hand.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 15 Nov 1892 and 3 Feb 1893
Country:Australia (in the then Colony of South Australia)
Timen/a
Place:city: Adelaide
on 'Torrens' moored in Port Adelaide
(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:Australia (in the then Colony of South Australia)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Popes et popadias (published in book form as Les Filles du Pope)
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details15 November and 1st December 1892 Revue des Deux Mondes.
Provenanceowned
sent as gift from author.
Source Information:
Record ID:18527
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:1
Page:124
Additional Comments:
Letter in French to Marguerite Poradowska dated 3 February 1893 on board the 'Torrens' in Port Adelaide.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897, (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 124, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18527, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
It is inferred that Conrad was reading the serialised version of this novella in February 1893, since the book version even if published in January, would not have reached him in Australia by then. The work was published in book form by Hachette 1893.