Record Number: 28823
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The book ["The Rescue"] which has found favour in your eyes has been inspired in a great measure by the history of the first Rajah's enterprise and even by the lecture [i.e.reading] of his journals as partly reproduced by Captain Mundy and others.[...]. It was a great pleasure to read "My Life in Sarawak" [...] I have looked into that book many times since.'
Century: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:Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes Down to the Occupation of Labuan, from the Journals of James Brooke
Genre:History, Biography, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsJohn Murray 1848
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28823
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2005
Vol:7
Page:137-8
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Margaret, Lady Brooke, Dowager Ranee of Sarawak, dated 15 July 1920, Oswalds
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and J.H.Stape (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 7 1920-1922, (Cambridge, 2005), 7, p. 137-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28823, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
While there is no definite evidence the date range, given that this text informed both "Lord Jim" and "The Rescue" (see fn.2 p.137 of source text), the range could span the period from 1900 to 1919. The evidence also suggests repeated readings. For Conrad's reading of the Ranee's book, see record I.D. 27614