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Joseph Conrad, a Polish-British novelist and story writer, drew on his experiences as a merchant seaman and his native Poland's struggle for independence to create some of the most psychologically complex and morally ambiguous works in English literature. His major novels—Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness, and Nostromo—blended maritime adventure with deep exploration of human nature, establishing him as both a literary impressionist and early modernist. Conrad's distinctive narrative technique and anti-heroic characters profoundly influenced generations of writers, from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Gabriel García Márquez, and his chilling prescience about imperialism and political upheaval continues to resonate. Though he did not master English until his twenties, he became one of the language's greatest prose stylists, transforming his outsider's perspective into fiction that exposes the darkness at the heart of civilization.
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