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Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

Jeffrey Meyers

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Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
Año de edición:
2001
Materia
Biografía: literaria
ISBN:
9780815411123
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Filled with provocative new assessments and new facts, this biography presents the contradictory, tormented life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim , and one of the great figures of modern literature.

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