Record Number: 29396
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"This is my beloved Prus," Konrad [sic] pointed at a volume of "Emancypantski". I can read it over and over again." When I laid my hand on "Kazimierz Wielki", he said,
"Not this one, though."
"Why not?"
"It weighs me down. It's hard to pick oneself up afterwards," he added.'
1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Bishopsbourne
Kent
Oswalds
(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' Polish landed gentry
master mariner and author
Religion: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:Emancypantki
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1893
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29396
Source:Karola Zagorska
Editor:Zdzislaw Najder trans. Halina Carroll-Najder
Title:Under the Roof of Konrad Korzeniowski (repr. in Conrad Under Familial Eyes)
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1983 (1932)
Vol:n/a
Page:235
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Karola Zagorska, Zdzislaw Najder trans. Halina Carroll-Najder (ed.), Under the Roof of Konrad Korzeniowski (repr. in Conrad Under Familial Eyes) , (Cambridge, 1983 (1932)), p. 235, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29396, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
See also RED entry ID 29390 for evidence of first reading of this work.