Record Number: 18586

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The Scottish dailies have begun to review my "Folly" ["Almayer's Folly"]. brief, journalistic, but full of praise! Above all, the "Scotsman", the major Edinburgh paper, is almost enthusiastic. The "Glasgow Herald" speaks with a more restrained benevolence.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 May 1895 and 1 May 1895

Country:

Switzerland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Geneva
specific address: 'La Roseraie'. Champel les Bains

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

Master mariner

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

Poland

Country of Experience:

Switzerland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

newspapers

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Ephemera, book reviews in newspapers

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

presumed late April 1895

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18586

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

214

Additional Comments:

Letter in French from Joseph Conrad to Marguerite Poradowska, 2 May 1895 from Switzerland.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897, (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 214, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18586, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments: