Record Number: 28967
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am pretty sure that J[oseph] C[onrad] read it [the bound Christmas annual of "Boy's Own Paper"] after I had gone to bed because I found little spills of cigarette ash between the pages.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1910 and 1914
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Orlestone nr. Ashford
Kent
Capel House
(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
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:Boy's Own Annual
Genre:Children's Lit, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book, Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsWeekly periodical published as an annual each year
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:28967
Source:John Conrad
Editor:n/a
Title:Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1981
Vol:n/a
Page:32
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
John Conrad, Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered , (Cambridge, 1981), p. 32, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28967, accessed: 28 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None