Who is Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, Polish: [ˈjuzɛf tɛˈɔdɔr ˈkɔnrat kɔʐɛˈɲɔfskʲi] (listen); 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he came to be regarded a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of what he saw as an impassive, inscrutable universe.Conrad is considered a literary impressionist by some and an early modernist by others, though his works also contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters, a...Read Full Biography of Joseph Conrad
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- Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.
- The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
- History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.
- Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
- Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
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Lawrence_wray: being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. - joseph conradTrutherbotprop: "he who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. the power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. . . give me the right word and the right accent and i will move the world." --joseph conrad
Chadschimke: heart of darkness by joseph conrad (1899)
Porellana8: as announced last week, our next evergreen read following heart of darkness by joseph conrad will be cormac mccarthy’s blood meridian or the evening redness in the west. this 1985 epic novel has previously been read by r/bookclub in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
Raceved02506380: the brazilian edition of joseph conrad's heart of darkness is a dense and complex read. it is not a fast-paced novel, and it may be difficult for some readers to fully understand the plot. however
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