Record Number: 32236
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"Marius [the Epicurean]" came this morning and I am licking my chops in anticipation.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:From: 26 May 1897
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford-le-Hope
county: Essex
specific address: Ivy Walls 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:Marius the Epicurean
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Macmillan, possibly 3rd edition 1893 since 4th edition only appeared in 1898
Provenanceunknown
either loaned or given
Source Information:
Record ID:32236
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1 1861-1897
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:1
Page:355
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett, Stanford-le-Hope, 26 May, 1897
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1 1861-1897, (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 355, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32236, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None