Record Number: 18528
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am charmed with "Joujou". It is altogether and delightfully shocking. Where the devil did you find it? Pardon the nautical language.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 29 Jul 1893 and 26 Nov 1893
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Joujou
Genre:Fiction, short story
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details29 July 1893 in Le Figaro (supplement litteraire)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18528
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 26 November 1893 from the office of Barr, Moering and Company, shipping agents, in London. Conrad uses the English word "shocking" in the original French version of the letter .
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=18528, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None