Joseph Conrad
“. . . No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence—that which makes its truth, its meaning—its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream—alone. . . .,”(Conrad 71). With this thought consuming verse, along with a multitude of others, Joseph Conrad portrays his thoughts on the ambiguity of the internal conflict between good and evil within the hearts of man. Conrad is a novelist of man in extreme situations wherein he tests their very fidelity. For Conrad, fidelity is the palisade one erects against the undeniable corruptive influences of this world, along with the innate part of a human, which is just ...
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was born on December 3, 1857 in the Russian occupied city of Berdyczów, Ukraine to an impoverished, highly patriotic Polish noble family. Joseph was " only child born of Evelina Bobrowska (1832–1865) and Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1869); a writer and translator of many authors' works including Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, and Victor Hugo,"( Lirkkonen) As a child, Joseph would often be seen reading novels by these and several other writers. His father encouraged him to read widely in Polish and French. The Korzeniowski's belonged to the polish noble gentry, szlachta, during an extremely variable time period in which the Ukraine was under Tsarist autocracy. The family was kept under constant surveillance by the government for Evelina and Apollo's nationalist ideals. In 1861 Conrad's father was arrested by Imperial Russian authorities in Warsaw for helping organize what would become the January Uprising of 1863–64, and was exiled to the Russian city of Vologda. The ...
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was arduous but full of excitement and adventure which was an occupation well suited to Conrad's personality. He visited many major ports of the world including Sainte Antoine, Otago, Tremolino and many more. It is largely speculated that in 1877 Joseph took part in the illegal shipment of arms from "France to Spain in support of the pretender to the Spanish throne, Don Carlos, which he later fictionalized in his novel The Arrow of Gold,"( Graham). Life at sea was arduous but full of excitement and adventure which was an occupation well suited to Conrad's personality. During off hours Conrad would gamble, eventually incurring large debts in which he could not pay off. When he could ...
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