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| AudioBook(s) by Joseph Conrad |
Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1824) was born in Ukraine. He was raised by an uncle after his parents, ardent Polish patriots, died following their exile for anti-Russian activities. As a boy he educated himself by reading widely in Polish and French. At 21 he began serving on French merchant vessels, and for twenty years, he sailed the seven seas. He went to London for a rest and began writing. The romance and adventure of Conrad's own life form the basis for his incomplete sea novels. Today Conrad is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of the fiction in English, his third language. He once described his task as "by the power of the written word…to make you see. |
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