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A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad published by Doubleday, Page & Company 1923
The Doubleday printing was the first to feature an Author’s Note
A Personal Record is an autobiographical work (or fragment of biography ) by Joseph Conrad. It tells about his schooling in Russian Poland, his sailing in Marseille, the influence of his Uncle Tadeusz, and the writing of Almayer's Folly. It provides a glimpse of how Conrad wished to be seen by his British public, as well as being an atmospheric work of art. The Familiar Preface Conrad wrote for it includes the often quoted Those who read me know my conviction that the world, the temporal world, rests on a few very simple ideas; so simple that they must be as old as the hills. It rests notably, among others, on the idea of Fidelity. Conrad wrote a new 'Author's Note' to A Personal Record for the Doubleday collected edition of his works in which he discussed his friendship

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