Record Number: 33611
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You may as well say, which is a truth, that I do read bi[o]graphy and memoirs. History has a fascination for me. Naval, military, political'. [The following was deleted by Conrad in proof]. 'For instance, favorite books of his are Wallace's "Malay Archipelago," Darwin's "Voyage of a Naturalist," Whymper's "High Andes", the sea yarns of Cooper and Marryat and the novels of Dickens.'
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:The Voyage of the Beagle
Genre:Geography / Travel, Science, Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33611
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and J.H. Stape
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad vol.7 1920-1922
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2005
Vol:7
Page:447
Additional Comments:
Letter from Conrad to Richard Curle, 5 April 1922, about proofs of Curle's proposed article 'Conrad at Home' for the Daily Mail, 7 April 1922.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J.H. Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad vol.7 1920-1922, (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 447, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33611, accessed: 19 February 2025
Additional Comments:
Curle’s use of the title “A Naturalist’s Voyage” suggests that Conrad owned an early edition such that of 1879 which uses this title, rather than 'The Voyage of the "Beagle"'.
