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Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad, christened Josef Teodor Konrad, Nalecz Korzeniowski, was born on December 3, 1857, in a part of Russia that had once belonged to Poland. His parents were members of the landed gentry, but as ardent Polish patriots, the suffered considerably for their political views. Orphaned at eleven, Conrad attended school for a few years in Cracow, He soon concluded, however, that there was no future for a Pole in occupied Poland, and at sixteen he left his ancestral home forever.

The sea was Conrad's love and career for the next twenty years. In the French merchant marine, he sailed to the... Read More

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Victory
An Island Tale
Written by Joseph Conrad
Introduction by Peter Mallios

Format: eBook, 432 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $2.99

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Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.

Youth

Written by Joseph Conrad

Format: eBook
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: February 6, 2013
Price: $13.99

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