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Joseph Conrad was born in Berdychiv, Ukraine in 1857.
* He was of Polish descent and grew up speaking Polish, French, and English.
* He joined the British merchant navy at the age of 16 and sailed for 17 years.
* He began writing fiction in his early 30s and published his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895.
* He went on to write 14 more novels, including Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, and Nostromo.
* He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1924.
* He died in Bishopsbourne, England, in 1924.
* He is considered one of the greatest writers in the English language.

Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.

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Life

Joseph Conrad

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear

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Inspirational

Joseph Conrad

My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see.

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Inspirational

Joseph Conrad

Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets.