Record Number: 29398
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
' In Konrad's [sic] "little corner" in the living room one more book appeared on his table: Witkiewicz's "Matejko". It had been sent by my sister [Aniela Zagorska] for Janek [John Conrad] and Konrad had put it there. One evening he took it to his room and began looking through it. I was sitting quietly in the corner of the sofa. For a long time he was turning over the pages. Suddenly he spoke up: "What an amazing unity of expression there is in his works. Et quelle grandeur! Even when depicting tragic moments he primarily sees their majesty."
[The writer then describes Conrad and his younger son examining and commenting on the book together.]
1900-1945
Date:Between Feb 1920 and Aug 1920
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
Family (Karola Zagorska and John Conrad)
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Matejko
Genre:Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Gift from Aniela Zagorska
Source Information:
Record ID:29398
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:237
Additional Comments:
n/a
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. 237, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29398, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None