Project Gutenberg 2016-06-30 Public domain in the USA. 88 Walpole, Hugh 1884 1941 Walpole, Sir Hugh Joseph Conrad Reading ease score: 62.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "Joseph Conrad" by Hugh Walpole is a biographical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the life and works of the acclaimed author Joseph Conrad, highlighting how his personal experiences and impressions of life shaped his literary art. Walpole intricately examines Conrad's backgrounds, including his Polish childhood, maritime life, and eventual establishment in England, setting the stage for a deeper understanding of his complex characters and themes. At the start of the biography, Walpole delves into Conrad's formative years, emphasizing the profound impact of his upbringing in Poland and his later life at sea. Notably, he discusses the tragedy of losing his parents at a young age and the sense of freedom he sought in maritime adventures, which became a recurrent theme in his writing. The opening portion encapsulates Conrad's journey from a troubled youth to a literary figure, introducing the notion of personal reminiscence as a powerful catalyst for his artistic expression. Walpole presents an insightful acknowledgment of the contrasting worlds that influenced Conrad's literary voice, from the quiet sophistication of English countryside life to the tumultuous nature of the sea. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 180036 180040 2024-10-21T18:27:47.651282 2023-09-22T14:36:55.053769 text/html text/html 179238 2021-02-25T09:25:53 text/html; charset=utf-8 756732 2021-02-25T09:25:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 532170 2024-10-21T18:27:52.065388 application/epub+zip 530062 2024-10-21T18:27:49.049287 application/epub+zip 134523 2024-10-21T18:27:48.595276 application/epub+zip 587325 2024-10-21T18:27:54.409286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 566503 2024-10-21T18:27:51.532244 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173684 2022-09-23T22:04:54.537937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139400 139323 2024-10-21T18:27:47.144300 2023-09-22T14:36:54.511736 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 140637 2016-11-20T09:35:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 54732 2016-11-20T09:41:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 139640 2016-06-30T12:24:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 54495 2016-06-30T12:25:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21144 2024-10-21T18:27:54.537240 application/rdf+xml 10122 2024-10-21T18:27:48.690283 image/jpeg 1584 2024-10-21T18:27:48.642251 image/jpeg 760450 2024-10-21T18:27:48.225274 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia