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1 online resource (304 pages) |
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Heart of Darkness author Joseph Conrad (born J zef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in 1857) was a Polish writer who learned to read, write, and speak English after he was granted British nationality in 1886. Although his peers accepted him as a British gentleman, he never forgot where he came from. In fact, the history of his native land of Poland often inspired the short stories and novels he penned. Those details, along with the experience he'd had since moving to Great Britain, found their way into many of his published works. In An Autobiography of Joseph Conrad, editor Stephen Brennan has selected pieces from some of Conrad's better known nonfiction works including The Mirror of the Sea (1906) and A Personal Record (1912) to showcase some of the more exciting and trying times in the novelist's life. Readers will attend school with Conrad in Russian Poland, sail with him in Marseille, and meet family members who took part in his upbringing, such as Uncle Tadeusz. Portraits of Conrad throughout the years, in addition to photos of his town, home, and family, supplement the text and help readers envision the author and his surroundings during various stages in his life. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Preface; Part one (From a Personal Record); One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Part Two (From the Mirror of the Sea); Eight: Landfalls and Departures; Nine: Emblems of Hope; Ten: The Fine Art; Eleven: Cobwebs and Gossamer; Twelve: The Weight of the Burden; Thirteen: Overdue and Missing; Fourteen: The Grip of the Land; Fifteen: The Character of the Foe; Sixteen: Rules of East and West; Seventeen: The Faithful River; Eighteen: In Captivity; Nineteen: Initiation; Twenty: The Nursery of the Craft; Twenty One: The Tremolino. |
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. (OCoLC)fst00035252
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Novelists, English -- Biography.
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Autobiographical fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Biographies.
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Novelists, English. (OCoLC)fst01039718
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Brennan, Stephen, active 2003, editor.
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Print version: Brennan, Stephen. An Autobiography of Joseph Conrad. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, ©2014 9781626361386 |
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9781629141374 (electronic bk.) (EPUB) |
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1629141372 (electronic bk.) (EPUB) |
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