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Joseph Conrad

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born
in Berdichev (formerly Poland), Ukraine
December 03, 1857

died
August 03, 1924

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction


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Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski ) was a Polish-born English novelist who today is most famous for Heart of Darkness, his fictionalized account of Colonial Africa.

Conrad left his native Poland in his middle teens to avoid conscription into the Russian Army. He joined the French Merchant Marine and briefly employed himself as a wartime gunrunner. He then began to work aboard British ships, learning English from his shipmates. He was made a Master Mariner, and served more than sixteen years before an event inspired him to try his hand at writing.

He was hired to take a steamship into Africa, and according to Conrad, the experience of seeing firsthand the horrors of colonial rule left him a changed man. His introspective nee...more


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Average rating: 3.45 · 203,583 ratings · 8,064 reviews · 360 distinct works · Similar authors
Heart of Darkness
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 142,529 ratings — published 1899 — 506 editions
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Heart of Darkness/The Secre...
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3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 10,625 ratings — published 1902 — 51 editions
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Lord Jim
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 11,305 ratings — published 1900 — 98 editions
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Heart of Darkness and Selec...
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 9,689 ratings — published 1899 — 3 editions
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The Secret Agent
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 5,968 ratings — published 1907 — 216 editions
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Nostromo
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 5,186 ratings — published 1904 — 153 editions
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The Secret Sharer
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 1,248 ratings — published 1910 — 102 editions
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Victory
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,120 ratings — published 1915 — 92 editions
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Under Western Eyes
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 1,003 ratings — published 1911 — 79 editions
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The Shadow-Line
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Quotes by Joseph Conrad

“Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.”
― Joseph Conrad
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“We live as we dream--alone....”
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“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.”
― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
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