{"product_id":"joseph-conrads-eastern-voyages-tales-of-singapore-and-an-east-borneo-river-paperback","title":"Joseph Conrad's EASTERN VOYAGES: Tales of Singapore and an East Borneo River - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Burnet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe life of Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski reads like an adventure story, an adventure story that could be written by somebody like Joseph Conrad. The young Conrad dreamed of a life at sea, he eventually became a British merchant seaman and he spent fifteen years sailing on the classic three-masted, square-rigged sailing clippers before they were ultimately replaced by steamships. During this period he worked his way up from apprentice, to third mate, to second mate, to first mate and finally the captain of one of these beautiful ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Conrad once said that everything about his life can be found in his books. Because the material for his first books are mainly autobiographical then Ian Burnet has been able to use a mixture of his own words, together with those of Conrad, to tell this story of Joseph Conrad's eastern voyages and his tales of Singapore and an East Borneo River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConrad loved the 'mysterious East' and his first books - \u003cem\u003eAlmayers Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, Lord Jim\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Rescue\u003c\/em\u003e were all set in Borneo and based on the people and places he encountered in his own voyages as first mate on a trading vessel based out of Singapore. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the latter part of this book Ian Burnet has taken the liberty to place the parts of these first novels into their proper narrative sequence and focus on the back-story of his characters, which will make it easier for readers to discover or rediscover Conrad's genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarge Format, 164 Pages, 42 Images\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785742188832,"sku":"9780645106800","price":40.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/75b56cd9317f34af9e96f7ef317091f0.webp?v=1780619689","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/joseph-conrads-eastern-voyages-tales-of-singapore-and-an-east-borneo-river-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}