Record Number: 33522
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My first English reading was the "Standard" newspaper, and my first acquaintance by the ear with it was in the speech of fishermen, shipwrights and sailors of the East Coast.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 10 Jun 1878 and 31 Dec 1878
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Lowestoft
county: Suffolk
(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
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:Standard
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsLondon
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33522
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad vol.4 1908-1911
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:4
Page:409
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to the Abbé Joseph de Smet, 23 January 1911, probably in French but original not available.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad vol.4 1908-1911, (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 409, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33522, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Conrad seems to have remained a habitual (possibly nostalgic) reader of this London daily until at least 1909.