Conrad jako czytelnik „Wędrowca”
Conrad as a Reader of the Magazine Wędrowiec

Author(s): Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Wędrowiec; travel magazine; Conrad; geography; Africa; the Arctic; exploration
Summary/Abstract: Conrad was “a reading boy” and he was an avid reader not only of books, but also ofmagazines. One which he read on a regular basis and which was remembered by hisfriends was a weekly called Wędrowiec (The Wanderer). Wędrowiec was a periodicalwhich originally dealt with the subjects of travel and geography, but later also touchedon social, cultural and political themes. It was launched by Józef Unger and was publishedin Warsaw from 1863 to 1906. It reprinted and translated a number of articlesfrom the French travel journal Le Tour du Monde: Nouveau Journal Des Voyagesand generally followed its editorial principles and layout, together with its elaborateengravings. It was targeted at a general readership and gave detailed descriptions ofmost of the great expeditions which marked the turn of the century. The aim of thepresent article is to give a general outline of the texts that the young Conrad couldhave read in this travel magazine and to see whether there are any connections betweenhis early “reading diet” and his subsequent literary output, to say nothing ofhis decision to go to sea.

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