Record Number: 29008
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of books always met with my approval; I believe he must have read them all during his youth and enjoyed re-reading them almost as much as I enjoyed listening. Among them were Charles Kingsley's "Greek Heroes", Fennimore [sic] Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans", "[The] Deerslayer", "The Pathfinder" and Captain Marryat's "Peter Simple", "[Mr] Midshipman Easy",etc.[...] Some of these volumes [...] are still on my bookshelves here with his signature inside the cover.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 23 May 1907 and 19 Aug 1907
Country:Switzerland
Timen/a
Place:city: Champel-les-Bains
specific address: Hôtel-Pension de la Roseraie
location in dwelling: probably child's bedroom
(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:Switzerland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Borys Conrad
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Pathfinder or The Inland Sea
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published 1840
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29008
Source:Borys Conrad
Editor:n/a
Title:My Father: Joseph Conrad
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:n/a
Page:54
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Borys Conrad, My Father: Joseph Conrad, (London, 1970), p. 54, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29008, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
This experience can be dated to the period during which Borys Conrad was recovering from whooping cough and rheumatic fever. See also Record ID 19404, Conrad to David Garnett, December 1902.