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  <default_description>In 1878, Joseph Conrad signed aboard a British freighter and began a 17-year odyssey. MIRROR OF THE SEA is his factual account of this period.  &lt;P&gt;He describes the ocean's moods, her anger and charm, how men deal with her. Conrad had no illusions about the sea or the men who worked its commerce. He saw the ocean as metaphor against which men could measure themselves.  &lt;P&gt;&quot;For MIRROR OF THE SEA we would make bold to predict a very long life. We see it being discovered and re-discovered as the years roll on.&quot; (The Times, London)</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Conrad taught me everything about the sea, or he convinced me that I understand &quot;The Grip of the Land&quot;, &quot;The Weight of the Burden&quot;, and so forth. Every sentence is a gem. Sentences deserve to be read and reread and reread. Strictly reflection, and not a novel, given love offers u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5202099">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chapter 1, Landfall, was particularly interesting. Conrad theorises that a departure is not the moment one leaves a location, but the moment when the location can no longer be seen (ie: horizon, city, land of any sort).]]></body>
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