Record Number: 32836
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I remember one morning, early, I found him in his study laughing uproariously: he was reading, in Proust's "Pastiches et Mélanges", the pastiche of Flaubert (and he had a special reverence for Flaubert), I had rarely seen him enjoying himself so much. I had barely entered the room when he re-read me the sentences, one after the other [...] (Trans. by contributor)
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Sep 1919 and 1 Aug 1924
Country:England
Timemorning
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
location in dwelling: study
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive 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:Pastiches et Mélanges
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsParis: NRF, 1919
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32836
Source:Gérard Jean-Aubry
Editor:Rivière Jacques
Title:Nouvelle Revue Française: Hommage à Conrad
Place of Publication:Paris
Date of Publication:1 December 1924
Vol:135
Page:37
Additional Comments:
Special issue of the "Nouvelle Revue Française" dedicated to Conrad's memory.
Citation:
Gérard Jean-Aubry, Rivière Jacques (ed.), Nouvelle Revue Française: Hommage à Conrad, (Paris, 1 December 1924), 135, p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32836, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
This shared reading experience, tentatively dated between late 1919 (when the work appeared), and Conrad's death in 1924, probably took place in late 1922, around the time of Proust's death, when Conrad wrote to Christopher Sandeman that 'I've lately read nothing but Marcel Proust.' (see UKRED ID 28888).Unlike other works by Proust, which Conrad also read in English translation, this work was not translated at the time and must have been read in French. Jean-Aubry was a frequent visitor to Oswalds at this time.