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Tag Archives: Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad’s Singapore
In Conrad’s time the Post Office, the Harbour office, the offices of the ships chandlers and various shipping agents were situated along the harbourside with a view of the ships lined up in the Straits of Singapore. A rambling two-story … Continue reading
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Joseph Conrad’s Eastern World – National Geographic, March 1924
The Earth is a stage, and though it may be an advantage, even to the right comprehension of the play, to know its exact configuration, it is always the drama of human endeavour that will be the thing, with a … Continue reading
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Joseph Conrad, a voyage to Mauritius
In 1888 the barque Otago was commissioned to sail to Mauritius with general cargo and return with a cargo of sugar. As captain of the Otago, Joseph Conrad sought the permission of the owners to take the more difficult, but … Continue reading
Book Review from the Joseph Conrad Society of America
The following is an extract from a book review in Joseph Conrad Today a publication of the Joseph Conrad Society of America. Ian Burnet’s book, published this year, is a very welcome addition to a complex area of Conrad’s life … Continue reading
Joseph Conrad’s EASTERN VOYAGES – Book Review by Mark Heyward
The title caught my eye immediately: Joseph Conrad’s Eastern Voyages, Tales of Singapore and an East Borneo River. The cover, with its image of sailing ships and steamships in Singapore whet my appetite for a bookish journey back to some … Continue reading
Joseph Conrad’s EASTERN VOYAGES at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
I was recently invited to appear at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. Moderated by Virania Munaf the session has now been posted on YouTube and to view please follow this link: https://www.ianburnetbooks.com
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Joseph Conrad’s Eastern Voyages – SIGNALS Book Review
Suddenly a puff of wind, a puff faint and tepid and laden with strange odours of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night – the first sigh of the East in my face … It was impalpable … Continue reading
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Tagged An Outcast of the Islands, eastern voyages, ian burnet, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, The Rescue, Youth
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Asian Review of Books – Joseph Conrad’s EASTERN VOYAGES
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is perhaps the most famous example of a multicultural writer in the history of British literature. His novels have been translated, serialized, made into movies, and taught at numerous schools and universities throughout the English-speaking world and … Continue reading
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The Banjarmasin Diamond
The rivers of East Borneo, such as the Kapuas, Seruyan, Barito (Banjar), Mahakam, Berau, Kayan and Sesayap were the geographic highways that provided the only means to transport people and goods through the dense forests and mountains of Borneo and … Continue reading
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Where in East Borneo is the real location of Joseph Conrad’s fictional trading post of ‘Sambir’ and ‘Patusan’?
About half of everything Joseph Conrad ever wrote takes place in South-East Asia, six novels, plus more than a dozen short stories and novellas, which are all evocative of the exotic east. Although his love was for sailing ships and … Continue reading
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Tagged almayer's Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, eastern voyages, ian burnet, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, Pantai, Patusan, Sambir
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