Record Number: 19225
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In reading the last number of the "Mercure [de France]" I had a moment of very lively pleasure, and I owe it to you. Thanks. you have given your opinion in words that go straight to my heart. The phrase "who is one of ours" touched me, for, truly I feel bound to France by a deep sympathy [...]'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jun 1899 and 10 Jul 1899
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm
(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 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:Mercure de France
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsJune or July 1899
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19225
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:2
Page:186
Additional Comments:
Trans. of letter in French to H.-D (Henry-Durand) Davray, 10th July 1899, Pent Farm. See additional comments
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 186, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19225, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Henry-Durand Davray was a regular contributor to the 'Mercure de France' and editor of its Collection of Foreign Authors.
